Bengals OL drills getting slammed on twitter...

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(08-16-2022, 12:29 PM)tms Wrote: I would agree with that. Also be remiss not to recall that many fans' expectation for Pollack was that he could turn water into wine. Not saying that that's fair, just that that's what was said. In fact, I remember hearing that argument in the Sewell vs Chase debate- that we didn't need Sewell/Slater that badly because we "didn't have Frank last year, Turner was a bust, Frank's a glass-eater, it's not that our guys are bad but that they haven't been properly coached," etc. Totally overlooking how he was let go by the Jets- who didn't think twice about it since they were having line problems of their own. Fast forward 12 months and we literally led the league in sacks. Fast forward another six and here we are still worried about Burrow's health. Not to mention we added three FA starters because his program was working so... well.

I would temper some of the criticism by conceding it's still preseason and we haven't seen our starting unit yet. But if a coach can "only work with what he's got," we should remember that lesson for next time. 

I think any OL coach needs talent to work with.  The problem I have with Pollack is the guy is a terrible talent evaluator.  He's had a 1st, a 2nd, 2 4th's, a 6th, and a 7th round pick and has yet to even hit on someone you could call a quality backup.  And even worse, the guy seems to slam his fist on the table every year for more picks to be dumped into the OL.