Early Depth Chart Released (And My Overreactions)

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(08-09-2016, 03:01 AM)BFritz21 Wrote: I saw this on the Bengals Facebook page, and thought it was worthwhile:



Notes:

-I'm liking our receiving core, but not necessarily where everyone is right now.  Tate as the #2 X receiver?   Also don't like that Alfred, who I thought I just saw where he's returning kicks, is ahead of Core.  Simonise buried that low sucks, but it's understandable for now.  

-Hill's ahead of Gio, which is how it should be, but I thought I heard where Gio would be first on the depth chart.

-Kind of thought Fisher might see some snaps at LT and they'd swing Big Whit inside, but LT is the most important position on the line, so I understand.

-Don't like Billings 3rd because I'm excited about him, but let's hope he can crack the coach's love affair with Peko and jump Sims.

-Hunt and Clarke need to step-up because our lack of depth at DE worries me (if those two can't produce).

-Why's Jackson backing up Dre if he's not going to play this season?  Even if he does get healthy, I don't think he'd be our #4 CB because our #4 has a chance to play, and we don't play rookie corners.

-Safety depth looks like it might be a problem.

-Tate returning kicks kills me, but let's hope Alford can take the spot from him and we let Jones return punts.

There's my flipping out over something that doesn't matter much  

Anyone else have any opinions?

Why would you move a back-to-back 1st Team All-Pro LT inside, which means then Boling (the better of your two Guards) is going to either be benched or out of position. Just to put an unproved 2nd round pick guarding Dalton's back? You'd be hurting two or three positions on your OL by doing that.



That aside, there's a couple things I agree with you on this list. The depth I have seen in recent Bengals teams doesn't really seem to be there this year. Tate is the #4 WR, your #3 and #4 DEs are both busts who combined for 6 total tackles last year, I don't even know who that backup safety is...... and Nugent is still kicking and Tate is still returning, both of which is unacceptable on Opening Day.