04-18-2022, 08:08 PM
(04-18-2022, 07:28 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Literally could have just swapped out Carman with Ogbuehi and it would have been the offseason heading into 2016 all over again it feels like. Lol
I'm not saying Carman will never develop into a starter, but I don't want to bank on a guy who couldn't even beat out Adeniji and Prince to be 2nd string. If the Bengals had no hope of being good, sure, give Carman the opportunity. Too much at stake in 2022 to rely on a 3rd string guy with a history of back problems who had back problems twice last year.
I fully agree with you that RBs can hop in and immediately be good as rookies, but I also just don't want Zac Taylor to have Perine as an option anymore as it's clear he cannot be trusted with him on the roster.
Not to mention Mixon is likely going to be banged up at some point in the year and Mixon only plays about 2/3rds of the snaps of the games he's in, let alone the ones he misses. He had an ankle thing in 2017, knee thing in 2018, foot thing in 2020, and TWO ankle things in 2021. (He didn't miss any of the first 16 games in 2021, but it did cause him to only play 28% of the snaps in the Green Bay loss.)
Ultimately the Hall or Cine choice was mostly about the scenario you cooked up. No Tyler Linderbaum, no Dax Hill, no Zion Johnson, no Andrew Booth, no Kenyon Green, no trades. So I went with my 7th choice. Lol
I actually thought Carman played well when called upon as a rookie last year, especially at LG. I also really liked Carman before
the Draft unlike Ogbuehi who I never liked. But yeah, cannot rely on a guy that has back problems. If they are behind him and
he plays well all is good but as others have said, specifically Sunset who knows, back problems can linger. Carman was better
than Adeniji so it just made no sense to me that he wasn't starting over him unless it was injury.
And yes, I could see RB actually being a position we pick soon unlike any of the Drafts since Mixon has been here. RB's don't
last long in the NFL, too bad, I really like Mixon if he is used right in the passing game. I don't think we have seen his best play
cause of this very reason.
If things shake out like Ocho's scenario, I hope we trade back and grab one of the guys listed instead of staying pat at 31.
