11 hours ago
C
Moving forward, when he plays and how he plays will determine the grade, from my perspective.
My main concern is that I am not sure we can develop him. I hope we do. But that is not a given, when you consider that 4 out of five starters on OL are free agent signings and our recent history of developing OL or DL are not good.
I would like to see him at LG now, similar to Whit in his rookie year. Although that was due to Levi getting injured and Steinbach moving to LT; nonetheless, you got the best available player on the field.
The questions is why isn't he on the field? Is it still the pec issue? If it is, then it does bring the availability issues back into question. If it is not, then is Volson a better player - albeit we are talking LG? Or are the Bengals strategically developing him only at T? Which then brings back the issue of whether we can develope OL pieces.
So my grade is a C, because it is NOT based on potential.
Moving forward, when he plays and how he plays will determine the grade, from my perspective.
My main concern is that I am not sure we can develop him. I hope we do. But that is not a given, when you consider that 4 out of five starters on OL are free agent signings and our recent history of developing OL or DL are not good.
I would like to see him at LG now, similar to Whit in his rookie year. Although that was due to Levi getting injured and Steinbach moving to LT; nonetheless, you got the best available player on the field.
The questions is why isn't he on the field? Is it still the pec issue? If it is, then it does bring the availability issues back into question. If it is not, then is Volson a better player - albeit we are talking LG? Or are the Bengals strategically developing him only at T? Which then brings back the issue of whether we can develope OL pieces.
So my grade is a C, because it is NOT based on potential.
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