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(01-13-2022, 01:01 AM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: 1. Not a project.
2. Improved significantly as the year went on.
3. PFF grades mean dick, for the most part. Look at pass block win rate. Look at the pressure numbers. Look at the trends, run blocking in his lane, etc.

All of that is SIGNIFICANTLY more-important than a subjective grade.

Come on, man, if you're a Bond fan, I don't want to argue with you lol; I want to discuss the books and films with someone!

I think a lot of people wanted/expected that a Bengals OL picked in Rd 1 or Rd 2 would be able to come in and be solid-or-better much faster. Ideally immediately.

While I was a fan of the Carman selection due to his size and skill set, I knew the transition from LT to RG would take some time. It's more complicated than just switching from LT to RT. I believe he also wasn't used to the blocking scheme that Pollack runs, so that has a learning curve too.

As you said, he's improved as the year went on. He shows some things that Adeniji just will not have.
If the Bengals re-sign Spain, I see an open competition next offseason between Adeniji, Carman, and maybe even Smith (and a new rookie?) for RG.
If Spain doesn't re-sign, I could see the Bengals liking their young OGs enough to start two of them at the OG positions.

A darkhorse idea is getting an upgrade at C and moving Hopkins back to OG.
While he wasn't great as a run blocker in Lazor's scheme, he was rather good as a pass blocker.
I always thought his best position coming out of college was LG.