02-19-2017, 11:58 AM
(02-16-2017, 11:55 AM)bengalsturntup926 Wrote: John Thornton said in a podcast, rather then the draft look for the Bengals to address o line in free agency. Now I think that would just be a zeitler replacement. He also thinks he'd be very surprised if Kirkpatrick will be back because teams will value his height.
This makes very little sense to me...and I'm not shooting the messenger, veggie. For the Bengals to make moves in FA to address the offensive line, they would be looking at a FA guard that would either be of less value than Zeitler, but still cost a lot more than a 2nd round guard from the draft?
The draft is pretty solid at the OG position, and I can't imagine they are talking about a Center (who's available) or OT (who would they replace and after spending such early picks on them?).
Maybe Thronton just meant that he feels as though the Bengals will retain their own in FA.