Sewell vs. ????

[Shake n Blake]

(10-17-2021, 06:51 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: The bothersome thing is that this team still needs better O-line talent and play regardless what Chase does.

This team needed a both a playmaker like Chase and offensive line help.

I preferred Slater to Sewell anyway but I understand why Shake and others were "team Sewell".

My understanding in general is not that they were "team Sewell" but "team fix the O-line" which I agree with.

Chase just made more sense in my eyes because for the draft position he had the higher value...  again my opinion and not fact at the time.

I just thought Chase could make an immediate impact for targets that AJ was doing zilch for us and stretch the field(the chemistry with Burrow was an added bonus).

I'm not gonna gloat about Chase doing at the very least what I expected him to do.  He's far more than exceeded it.

The same with Sewell lacking on the Lions.  I didn't feel like he himself was the sole answer to our O-line woes.

There is still work to be done boys.

Appreciate you trying to see the "other side's" perspective. You're right. I don't think there was a "Team Sewell" side so much as a team "fix the o-line". I've always been an o-line guy. Always. Our Super Bowl teams had fantastic lines. 2005 was an excellent line. 2011 to 2015 were some really good lines. I would've been fine with trading back for Slater and picking up an extra pick. I said as much in April.

Right now we're winning without a good line, which is just a testament to how incredible the talent level is on this team right now. The problem is still there though. All it will take is one major injury to Mr Burrow, and then suddenly this debate will be incredibly toxic, but in the other direction.

So maybe instead of fostering a toxic atmosphere by puffing your chests out every week, we should just celebrate a 4-2 team, and maybe make some positive threads? Lord knows there's a lot of positive things to talk about with this team right now.

I'm glad we took Chase. It now looks like the slam dunk correct decision, mostly based on the surprisingly excellent play of Chase right out of the gate, and the other dude is struggling. I'd love to admit being wrong, although with some people acting like clowns, it kinda makes you not want to admit anything.

We've all been right on many things and wrong on many things. That's how it works when you constantly give opinions. Some on here fancy themselves to be football geniuses, but let me assure you...you're definitely not. None of us are. We take the best guesses based on what we've seen, but would anyone have really been shocked if Chase was looking like a bust and Sewell was balling?

If you know anything about the NFL, you'd know that draft picks can always go either way. Glad we got the good one. Wish we could leave it at that.