09-08-2016, 06:48 PM
(09-08-2016, 06:10 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: http://www.si.com/nfl/2016/07/12/kevin-zeitler-bengals
SI has Zeitler ranked as the 8th best OG in the NFL this year. And with having the next generation of Tackles in Ogbuihe and Fisher, it will be vital to keep experience and consistency along the interior of the OL, as they develop. Cant really see the Bengals letting Zeitler just walk.
I agree. I'm sure they want Zeitler. He isn't even old yet. I don't think you just let 3 top draft picks of recent years all walk at the same time. To all you Draft Guru's out there, I would say what's even the point in the draft if you never keep these guys. I have seen the pounding Bengals quarterbacks take when the team went cheap on the offensive line, such as when Mike Brown refused to resign Max Montoya saying, " why should I pay an old offensive lineman ". One of the stupidest things Mike Brown ever said since Munoz had retired and Montoya went on to play in more Pro Bowls in a Raiders uniform. Meanwhile Bengal quarterbacks and running backs such as top picks Klingler and Ki Jana Carter got destroyed as soon as the ball was snapped. No blocking means no chance of winning. We saw that again in 2007 and really in 2008 as the collapse of our O Line got Carson killed and replacement Fitzpatrick had to run for his life as soon as the ball was snapped, forget the X's and O's at that point. ....Zeitler needs to be kept if the Bengals want to protect the QB and open holes for the RB. ......Eifert scores touchdowns when healthy. I think they want him also and he could even line up more as a WR under Zampese in four WR sets. ...Kirkpatrick is the one that hasn't lived up to the high draft pick, and this season is huge on if they even want him back or not. .......It would be a real setback to our drafting if we let top picks Gresham, Eifert, Andre Smith, Zeitler, Hall, Kirkpatrick all leave.......If they do not keep Zeitler with Whitworth near his end, this team could look like the awful 1990's Bengals again very fast. If you don't have blocking you can throw the entire playbook out the window. The new players at tackle and even center are still unproven to where letting a still young Zeitler leave would be stupid, and forget getting the ball to AJ Green without blocking. That becomes a waste of contract money.
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