Not Falling Down

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Improvements on the offensive line might be as simple as not falling down when their hands get wiped away. At least improving that is a main focus of new OL Coach Scott Peters

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https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6394791/2025/06/02/bengals-offensive-line-reset-scott-peters/

One of their new drills is simply standing leaning into a partner with their arm extended into his partner's chest. The ultimate goal is for that arm to stay there when yanked, tugged, pulled, etc. In lieu of that simply staying on their feet, which as we know was major failure last season, will allow them to reengage. This drill works on core strength, posture, feet position.

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Building techniques from the fundamentals on up is why they hired Scott Peters

Quote:It’s not easy to start from zero,” Peters said. “Some of the techniques are new, it’s not just go out there and throw your hands out there. It’s how you do it, from what platform, from what foundation your body operates from so your strikes are impactful and you are doing it without having to compromise posture. Guys will throw heavy hands and get beat and wiped and stuff. It is teaching them a foundation of how you throw a proper strike. You throw a proper strike and do it with good mechanics and ramp up the speed it looks like you have more pop in your hands, you have more length, you can play with better posture so if they did wipe your hands or knock you hands down you wont’ be staggering forward and get beat.”
“The first thing is making the guys aware that the things are possible that we do,” Peters said. “And teaching them how to move and the mechanics, because you are not going full speed. You have to teach them the mechanics of how to move, the tools and all the components. Then, as we go forward, you just apply this particular technique.”

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Quote:“Scott is a really open guy,” said Volson, who accepted a pay cut rather than a release because he says he believed in what Peters could do for his career after being benched last season. “You can bounce ideas off him and ask him questions. We can play more toward our skill set. He instills a lot of confidence in us. I think he brings a good energy. We enjoy talking to him. We enjoy going into meetings with him. I think that’s really cool. It definitely makes my day way more enjoyable, that’s for sure.”