Update on Joe's Knee

[George Cantstandya]

(02-15-2022, 07:07 PM)Science Friction Wrote: Joe will never survive another season if the stupid people making personnel decisions don't change their ways.  We could easily see a career ending injury if there are not serious upgrades in order to put up a fortress around him.  If I was Joe's father, I would counsel him to tell ownership to buy me a seven man impenetrable fortress or trade me IMMEDIATELY.  I would not play another down behind these limp dicks in front of me.

But here is the thing...  It isn't that the Bengals have not been trying.  They have just whiffed so many times when it comes to the O-line.  They let Whitworth and Zeitler go with the hopes that Ogbuehi and Fisher would be the next man up.  That obviously failed.  Then they drafted Billy Price in the first round as part of trade for Cordy Glenn. Unfortunately Glenn and Price were both duds. 

Now we went into this season, stud O-line or Chase?  Let's not get into that much but the team went with a player that did indeed play a major role in the Bengals success.  They signed Reiff in free agency to play RT and he played well but down the stretch got hurt and was out when the Bengals needed him.  The point I'm trying to make is that the Bengals do indeed try to improve the O-line, they just seem to not be doing it well.  

And yes some say well they should have spent more money on O-line free agents but how many quality free agents last year would want to go to a team that was 4-11-1 and the bottom of the AFCN?  Hopefully now that the Bengals have seen some success attracting free agents will be easier and hopefully they will invest in them.