02-25-2023, 03:20 PM
(02-24-2023, 10:17 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: Im with you, I dont see how there is any way Collins is ready for the start of the football season. Maybe he will be ready later in the season but how many games is he going to miss? Collins is a big dude and that is going to be a lot of weight on his knee with all the pushing and twisting he will need to be doing at RT. I cant see how there is anyway he doesnt miss a significant amount of time. Currently that leaves us stuck with Adeniji at RT. There is no way the Bengals organization lets that happen again. They will make some kind of move either through free agency or the draft to address RT. Personally, I would like to see a proven free agent brought in because you never know how your draft picks are going to pan out and the Bengals dont have a very good track record picking O line guys.
LT should be addressed too because Jonah isnt the answer. He keeps getting injured and isnt that great protecting the QB even when he is healthy. He cant withstand the bull rush without being pushed back in to Burrow and just isnt strong enough. Carman is definitely stronger and showed some ability at LT but I think its too small of a sample size to count on him. Its too bad we didnt see more of Carman last year at LT so we would have a better understanding of what he offers at that position. The coaching staff may just roll with what they got and cross their fingers the LT position doesnt let us down again. For me, I think it is a concern.
Volson needs to step up his game. He played below average but did get better as the year went on and he was just a rookie so you cant judge him the same way you would judge the others. Still this is going to be his second season and he is no longer a rookie so he needs to show some big improvement.
Damn rights, I doubt LC will be 100% until at the very least mid season so RT is a complete black hole right now. Adeniji played
like shit when it mattered the most. This won't be ignored like back in the PA days. We will add a RT in FA or in a trade and in the
draft somewhat early. Bolles is still the dude I want as he should be ready to go by TC. Volson is versatile so there are ways to go
about it that we might not yet know, but I would like him to stay at LG just to keep continuity.
So true on Carman, dude looked good late in the year and in the Playoffs which gives me hope but you cannot rely on that.
Trading for Bolles and moving Jonah to RT where he HAS played before with Carman backing up the starters would be my plan
right now and drafting a RT like Darnell Wright for the future. If La'el comes back ahead of the playoffs, great. But like you said,
he is a big dude, not like Awuzie. It will take much longer. We all saw how long it took Hopkins to come back from his ACL tear
and he isn't as big as La'el.
