11-24-2022, 01:50 PM
(11-24-2022, 01:06 AM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: Yep, agreed. I don't understand the hate for Adeniji. Rookie Joe Burrow's first game without getting sacked was fellow rookie Adeniji's first career start filling in for the injured Jonah Williams. At guard, as bad as he was, he still kept Carman off of the field. That's how bad Carman is.
And as far as him being a terrible guard, he didn't study the RGs responsibilities until a couple weeks before coming back from injury. He was preparing to be the 1st Tackle off of the bench but with the surprising confidence in both Prince and Smith growing week by week, they asked him to prepare for RG because Carman's lack of knowledge of the playbook was slowing down practice. Once Adeniji was healthy and inserted at RG, smoother practices with 10-15 more reps per day resulted in an offense really coming into it's own down the stretch.
The hate for Adeniji comes from his poor play last year at Guard but he was also playing injured, and he has looked
so much better this year when playing at OT. I was evidently wrong about Carman, I wanted him before we drafted
him but like you say he just isn't very smart I guess. Loved his power, but if he cannot pick up a playbook it just won't
matter. I actually like our depth if these guys can grow at OT. D'Ante, Adeniji and Prince all have talent and now both
Adeniji and Prince have great experience playing in the biggest games.
