04-15-2025, 11:10 PM
(04-15-2025, 07:17 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: We made the Super Bowl and AFC Championship game and we barely missed the playoffs last year, all with horrible offensive lines.
Burrow killed it behind bad offensive lines, so I've been wanting us to sell out to protect Burrow because we can even outscore teams with a bad defense, but we can't do anything if we can't move the ball and score.
I see sites saying that we need help in the IOL, but some mock drafts have us ignoring the IOL early or all together.
Will Peters be able to coach our guards enough to be serviceable?
Will we draft a guard early?
Will we find any in free agency after cuts start happening?
Is my fear about our guard play justified?
You build great teams from the inside out. The Eagles just proved it once again and so did the Chiefs 2 years in a row before that. I know
the Tackles for the Chiefs weren't very good but they had a great interior OL.
Your fear is definitely justified and it is baffling why there is a Guard out there named Dalton Risner who is healthy and said he would love to
play for the Bengals and he isn't signed as insurance. I like Lucas Patrick more than most on here, but he hasn't been able to stay healthy.
You never want to go into a Draft needing to add a position because it is a crap shoot and rookies rarely play as good as vets right off the bat.
Amarius Mims was a rare pick for us, very rare. Sure you can find Guards that can play immediately after the first round, but you just don't
want to put yourself into a corner as far as picking position instead of talent early in a Draft, ever.
