08-23-2023, 01:46 PM
(08-23-2023, 12:26 PM)ochocincos Wrote: John Sheeran has written an article about how well Zach Carter is doing this preseason.
https://atozsports.com/cincinnati/bengals-defensive-tackle-zach-carter-is-on-the-verge-of-a-breakout-year-2023/
He has been at practices and seen it for his own eyes, per his Twitter (I'll never call it X).
In the article, a post from Andrew Russell lists the preseason pass rush win rates for all the Bengals DL.
Carter is at the top of the list with 17.2%.
Domenique Davis is 15.8%
Ossai 14.3%
Then a huge drop off down to under 6% for Myles Murphy, Jay Tufele, and Jeff Gunter.
Carter had also put on 20 lbs of muscle since his rookie season ended.
It appears that added muscle is not just for show, but it's helping Carter be more productive (likely along with improved technique and other things).
This article from John gives me some hope that Carter might become the heir we want at UT after Hill leaves, and if anything could provide some added juice to the interior pass rush as a rotational guy.
I thought Zach Carter has been looking much better this Preseason and yes, the extra 20 pounds of muscle has really
helped. We need a 3-tech to collapse the interior, BJ can do it, but he is kind of in between a 3-tech and a NT. When we
drafted Carter I thought it was a couple years down the road before he could make the move, but he certainly put in the
work in the Offseason to help make it sooner rather than later. Love hearing this about Carter.
If we can get push from the middle of the DL it will help our Defense become elite more than anything else.
(08-23-2023, 12:30 PM)Housh Wrote: I think he’s earned a spot on the 53 with his play so far. And we also have a super hole at backup NT so he’s kinda in by default. I think he’s made enough plays tho to get a spot.
If we sign a NT then he or Gunther is in trouble but right now he should be ok.
Dude, you are talking about completely different positions.
Carter is a 3-tech, Gunter is an End. Reader, Tupou and Tufele are Nose Tackles.
We don't need to sign a NT, we need one in the Draft for the future when Reader leaves. We need a 3-tech right now to collapse
the interior of OL's and that is what we are hoping for with Zach Carter.
