04-02-2025, 03:01 PM
(04-02-2025, 10:25 AM)Housh Wrote: I’ll obviously take 2 guards but the issue was both Volson and Cappa were boo boo. Teams could run stunts and get pass rush wins from both spots
If you get 1 good guard and sure up one side we can scheme to help the weaker guard and the line will be amazing
I am still not convinced the Bengals see Volson as a problem and i bet they think Peter’s can work with him and get him on track.
What are defenses gonna do? Run every blitz at our weaker guard? You do ANYTHING too many times in a game and it’ll become less effective. I could see a ton of 13 personnel where Perine is the back and Sample is the TE and we’re having both pass protect.
I respect you for being a realist on how management probably thinks as opposed to us shouting that anything short of Scherff and a top 2 round rookie is a failure. One solid guard will indeed go a long way, but you never plan for weak guard play. At least they'll have a path to something better than Volson with Ford or Patrick competing even if it's a slight upgrade.
The probability of landing a guard high looks better with college tackle prospects looking better at guard and a trade down for an 3rd. There are a lot of DL prospects and they can use help anywhere there not only at pass rushing edge. I could see them landing best DL in a trade down ( just too many there) and worst case a guard in the 3rd if they go true bpa for say a safety in the 2nd. I still don't like banking on a rookie to be ready, so they'll need to check in on Scherff and any solid post draft release. They can also trade a late round pick for someone that a team replaced in the draft. They just can't assume that Patrick, a rookie and your 3rd tackle that looked meh fixing the guard play.
