04-09-2021, 12:55 PM
(04-09-2021, 12:21 PM)bengals67 Wrote: Chase and Pitts are great prospects but I will never change my opinion that throwing a lot of capital into the o line is way more important that adding a possible superstar WR.
Drafting Pitts or Chase might have made sense if they had spent more money on one of the top level free agent o linemen. The guy we signed is better than Hart but he is not a long term solution and is on the downhill side of his career. He is not a top 10 OT. Maybe not a top 15 OT.
Wouldn't it be nice for the Bengals to have a dominant o line. If the Steelers and the Ravens had to worry about Mixon getting over 4 yards a clip and possibly breaking a long one, how much more effective does this make Burrow in his passing game and having time to go through his progressions?
How much better do the WRs look if Burrow is regularly getting 4 seconds to survey the field and they have single coverage because the D is loading the box to stop the run?
Munoz and Lapham both want Sewell. I trust their judgment, particularly our greatest player in team history.
I am 100% on board with drafting and using resources on O Line, but a heavy heavy run % needs to be backed up with a top 5 defense at minimum to win.
BTW, the Bengals have one of the best young QBs in the NFL. Burrow is a monster by all accounts and wildly talented. Why take the ball out of your best player's hands and give it to Joe Mixon, who hasn't managed to stay healthy for a season? Why have a Burrow if you're going to just hand it off? And, before anyone points to the the Ravens or Cardinals (run heavy teams), a lot of their runs are designed QB runs. So, their ratios are very skewed. BTW, AZ has some really big named WRs.... and is one of the most run heavy teams in the NFL at just over 45% (8th highest in the league). 24 teams have a lower run % than that... and, as mentioned above, a lot of AZ's runs come by way of QB. Baltimore is heaviest at 57.8% run due to Jackson. https://fftoday.com/stats/20_run_pass_ratios.html
How do you fix one of the lowest tier WR rooms in the NFL? The run game will be horrific, great O line or not, if the other team stacks the box and cheats everyone forward to the line because they no the Bengals cannot throw over 15 yards.
