Early Myles Murphy Panic

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(08-16-2023, 12:37 PM)RunKijanaRun Wrote: I wasn't all that bothered by his performance (or lack thereof) in the pre-season debut.

But finding out he's been less than impressive in camp is concerning.

If he can't make any noise against our 2nd string OL in a practice setting, that's not good.

I am not panicking - not calling him a bust. But he's not in the 8 man rotation and likely would be inactive if a real game was coming this weekend.

He'd better show some goods against the Falcons or these whispers will become roars.

(Bengals/Tigers "roar," so that's a clever thing I did up there ^^^)

Paul Dehner article about MM:

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/myles-murphy-slow-start-bengals-031505806.html

If Murphy was someone who was ready to be an immediate contributor out of the gate with his size and athleticism, he'd have gone earlier than he did in the draft.
He fell because teams likely knew/assumed he was going to need some time to develop.

Bengals went into the draft having their starters and main contributors set. Murphy, Turner, and the rest of the draft picks are really just initially depth rotational pieces and picked for the future.