Shout out for Zac Taylor

[Soonerpeace]

(01-06-2025, 07:31 PM)NUGDUKWE Wrote: There are plenty of instances but it turns into a 3 page article if I start trying to type it all out. Zac is here and I'm not even saying I want him gone just things to get fixed. We will just wait and see if things change. 

But as far as Duke goes I'm sure he deserves a good amount of blame. But in FA we need to change how we structure contracts to match the rest of the league. We are making his job harder than it needs to be as solid players will take more guaranteed money on a similar contract than come here. One reason I want to keep Tee with Jamarr it will force the Bengals hand on guaranteed money and maybe break the flood gates a bit.

The draft he obviously deserves blame but our draft strategy has changed since Taylor has got here which either suggests that this coaching staff made the changes or Marvin used more say in his drafts. Or perhaps Zac and Marvin are equally involved and Marvin was just a better talent evaluator. But they did finally take an OL with a good RAS score or atleast tested so maybe that is sign of things to come. I suppose we don't know the answer but things have changed since Taylor arrival on that front in the sense that we always double or triple dip at positions of need late in the draft.

I don’t need 2 examples or definitely not 3 pages just 1 example lol. Duke runs the draft. Likely 3 person vote on the first pick. Offensive players Zac has a big say and the position coaches. Lou has less say on defense than Zac on offense but still a lot. True in free agency as well. But they’ve missed on Myles and Dax in that it’s year 3 and haven’t had a typical #1 impact.