03-23-2021, 02:17 PM
(03-23-2021, 08:33 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: It's just because Gronk was a thing and because Lapham spread poison lies to the fanbase at the end. Still don't know what the hell Lapham's problem with Gresham was that he had to spread false information all over the radio about Gresham being soft and quitting when he was playing with a herniated disc at the end of 2014.
Also didn't help that the Bengals did (and still do) have a weird obsession with putting their TE blocking 1-on-1 against the opposing team's best DE. I specifically remember a game in 2013 where Gresham got abused in pass blocking again and again, but it was because they kept asking him to block Cameron Wake 1-on-1 as if that was ever going to be a good idea. This was a year after Wake had 15 sacks and was an All-Pro, so really that's just the coaches fault there. Lol
Remember all of this, yeah, that is idiotic having your TE blocking a team's best DE all the time.
Saw Sample having to do this a bit last year too, just stupid. I can see using them to bump the End, which is a great tactic.
But never to have to solely block the best End on an island 1 on 1. Crazy.
