10-20-2016, 01:22 PM
(10-19-2016, 08:32 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Well, you know the Bengals. They seem to love those Swiss Army Knife type of OLmen.
Can do a little bit of everything, but really good at nothing.
You know when it comes to drafting OL I sometimes wonder if Alexander is trying to be too cute/clever..almost willfully trying to be different.
- He pushed for us to take a risk in in Rd1 on an injured Ced after being in love with his his 'athleticism' and 'wow' moments
- We then doubled down and take another 'athletic' guy in Fisher who does well in drills at the combine Alexander ...then moves him all around including HB
- He pushed again for us to trade up (which is a real rarity) to get Bodine who again does good in combine drills but does not seem to play with great football strength and anchor.
Jeez, I even remember the draft when we had the opportunity to get a quality OG in DeCastro and everyone said he seemed to be a sure-fire prospect and we ended up passing on him to get an average CB who took an age to start (DreK) , and then drafted Zeitler who Alexander insisted was a higher rated prospect and he would not have drafted DeCastro anyway - despite everyone else thinking different.
You know i miss the days when we did not over think the right side of the offensive line and we had 340+ slobberknockers in Bobbie Williams and Big Willie Anderson....
...yeah, they may not have been able to do a cone shuttle or a 40 yard dash fast, be 'athletic' or play 'Moonlight Sonata' but they f***ing knew how to drive block the snot out of people so that even Rudi Johnson could regularly post 1000+ yard seasons.
