Notes from Voluntary Practice

[samhain]

(05-30-2025, 10:14 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: If he was only a starter for two years at Georgia, it's likely because he had to wait his turn, not because he wasn't good enough. Georgia has been pumping out high quality OL for a good while now.

I'm hoping that he's Clint Boling 2.0.  Doesn't have to be a superstar.  He just needs to be better than the guys out there last year.  That requires little more than a baseline level of NFL competency.  

Only difference here is that Boling was never meant to start in year one.  He was slotted in after Wharton went down in he preseason.  

Fairchild may or may not work out, but putting Burrow's health in the hands of a 3rd round rookie still seems pretty malpracticey.  9 is not built to take the number of hits he has over the course of his career.  The longer they go with crap interior line play, the shorter his time to win a title in Cincinnati will get.