Bernard released

[Essex Johnson]

(04-07-2021, 02:44 PM)yang Wrote: How can so many Bengals fans hang out here and follow this team and not know that Gio was getting cut?  I mean we pretty much knew this last year.  

To me Gio was a draft mistake when we could have had Le'veon Bell the Steelers drafted a few picks later.  We quikly realized he wasn't a bell cow and had to draft a RB early again.  Nice guy, typical Bengal.

Gio was a solid pick for the Bengals coming out of college.. he was projected ahead of Bell and had a solid start to his career, main difference early between him was how the Bengals used Gio and their decision to go more 2 back sets.  

Look at their rookie year... Bell was the main back in Pitts and if you look at their overall stats, Gio performed just as good , maybe a bit better even with having Ellis gaining over 700 yards, then Hill comes in shares time and gains over 1,000.  Give Gio 200 to 220 carries , more WR touches instead of 150-60 carries his first three years and he would have been one in top 10 backs in the NFL.