The Pollack Experiment Should End

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They just had a very interesting conversation on Sirius NFL between Bob Papa and Bill Polian about NFL lines and line coaches today. This conversation did not focus on the Bengals (I don't think they even mentioned Cincy), but on all teams, but the conversation mirrored the Bengals problems. First Polian stated there really are no good offensive line coaches anymore. He named some of the great ones, but they are all mostly dead or retired, and as he put it "they did not train their successors." He said really the only good one left is Bill Callahan (but he has a job). So, to those who want to get rid of Pollack, the question becomes "who are you going to replace him with?"

Then they got into college coaches and talked about how college lines are not the same as the NFL. When college Oline players come into the NFL, they are seeing defensive fronts they have never played against and don't know how to handle them. Thye got into how most teams will not spend a 1st round pick on a guard (It's not just the Bengals), but they will draft a tackle in the 1st. And usually that tackle won't be able to hold up as a rookie, so they get moved to guard, which further hinders their development. I mean, they could have been talking about the Bengals specifically, but this is league wide. Defensive coaching has just gotten way out in front of offensive coaching due to the way they play in college.