04-20-2022, 12:24 PM
(04-20-2022, 11:45 AM)KillerGoose Wrote: Perhaps this is pedantic, but I have a hard time looking at a C grade of 65 and a G grade of 72 and coming to the conclusion that he played "much better" at G than C. Even if we assume that PFF grades are infallible, that's not a huge difference. This is how some false narratives end up getting thrown around about Karras being a significantly better guard than he was a center. He was marginally better at G than he was at C and when I watched the tape on him, I didn't really see this marginal difference. He was good at both. Going back to PFF grades, Hopkins had quite the poor grade last season. When Hopkins was grading in the 60's, everyone was quite happy with him.
Who knows, maybe the Bengals will sign Tretter and kick Karras over to LG. Or, maybe they keep him at C and re-sign Spain to compete at LG. Both of these options are good solutions. We'll see after the draft what they want to do.
Ive never been happy with Hopkins at center. I am one of those fans that for the last few years have been pointing out how bad the Oline has been when many people have ignored the problems and have claimed the Oline is ok when it should have been clear to everyone the Oline was pretty bad. The Oline was not ok last year or the year before that or the year before that. Hopkins didnt just have a PFF grade like that last season. His PFF grades were about the same the year before.
As far as Spain, if you resign him you have the same guy at LG who posted a 46 PFF for the playoffs including something like a 25 PFF for the Super Bowl. The Bengals need better production than that at the LG position. I think everyone expects the Bengals to make it to the playoffs again this season. Is that the type of play you want want to have from your LG in post season?
