12-11-2021, 01:12 PM
(12-10-2021, 04:08 PM)Benton Wrote: That line of thinking cost us whit and set our line back years. Sure, at that point we had drafted his planned replacement, but... Well... Hindsight. It was a bad move. Given how long it takes before tackles get to their plateau, we shouldn't let a decent one walk until we're sure somebody can play at that level.
And just for comparison, Reiff is six years younger than whit.
I agree with this completely. I'd love for all of our good players to retire Bengals but it is a fine line keeping a player as they age. The Whitworth move made sense on paper but worked out horribly. We need to keep building the line but we need to keep the good players we have like Reiff until hopefully a player takes that spot from him.
