What Pollack wants in OL

[oncemoreuntothejimbreech]

(03-05-2022, 02:11 AM)pulses Wrote: Well first off them signing 4 FA OL is a pipe dream it'll never happen and we all know it. I can see them drafting a TE in the 3rd/4th and if Uzo wants big money its bye bye. If anything you sign OJ Howard on a 1 year prove it deal and like I said above draft a TE. Gonna need one after this year Sample won't be back. And since they're not signing 4 FA OL and not gonna overpay for Uzo that gives them money to sign Bates. I would draft Dameon Pierce or Alegierer from BYU for RB 2. And if you really wanna move on from Boyd trade him to NE for Shaq Mason they need another good WR badly.

First of all, I wasn’t attempting to predict what the Bengals will do during free agency. I was attempting to determine the quality of the free agents they could afford under the salary cap. And if the contracts can be structured without creating a cap hell in the future. I determined they can afford four quality free agent offensive lineman in addition to the other signings I listed without creating a cap problem.

Will they sign four O linemen? Probably not. Can they? Absolutely. And that’s what I was trying to determine. I don’t need one 4 year/$60 million FS. I need an Oline to protect the franchise QB with a surgically repaired knee last year and an MCL sprain and dislocated finger this year he is opting to forego surgery in favor of conservative treatment. (Which didn’t work for Eifert’s ankle which is why he had surgery late.)

I re-signed Uzomah. Sample is still on the roster the upcoming season. And I’m more interested in finding a LBer or S this year to possibly replace Pratt or Bell next year. Or a WR or CB with KR/PR ability. Or O line depth. And I’m always looking for pass rushers. Than I am in finding a replacement for TE2.

And I sure as shit don’t want to burn a 2nd round pick on a RB2 that may not even be ready as a 3rd down back when my priorities are to find a future starting FS and a 3T to improve the interior pass rush to rotate Hill out on 3rd downs in the first two rounds. And I can’t do that if I’m drafting a RB in the 2nd and a TE in the 3rd/4th. Especially when the RB I signed converts 56% of his 3rd down rushes, catches 95% of his targets, and converts 49% of his receptions for first downs, and had a combined 18 TDs last season.

Boyd played 74% of offensive snaps because Zac Taylor’s offense uses 3 WRs 77% of the time. Which is why I’m not trading him for Mason when I can afford the O linemen I signed.

So I don’t like any of those suggestions.