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(02-20-2017, 06:02 PM)Wyche Wrote: They sure aren't showing much in the way of solving those issues.  Turd position coach returning for his third decade?  Check.  Looking like they're letting our starting RG bolt for FA?  Check.  Reality that they do NOTHING in FA to replace said RG with someone at least as good as the departing player?  Check.  Rolling with human turnstiles at RT?  Check.  Going on a wing and a prayer that we even return our best o lineman who is 35?  Check.  Sticking with Blodine even though he consistently ranks as one of, if not THE, worst centers in the game?  Check.

Yeah, sue me for not having the warm and fuzzies about this unit.

Well, would you rather them address it with players that are average in FA or would you rather do it through the draft, which happens to be pretty loaded at Guard?  

I thought Fisher played pretty well at RT once he was given the opportunity.  Draft guys like Feeney(2nd)  and Eiflein(3rd) and you have potentially improved both your RG and C position for less than one fourth the contract of Zeitler.  This allows you to sign a player like Terrelle Pryor (that's my pick, not many others...) or a veteran CB like Amukamura (I would also like him) instead of going with talent that you know is only similar to Zeitler and not improving any other position group.

The Bengals sure didn't do much from a personnel decision-making standpoint on the offensive line to earn our trust, I get that.  Ced O was a colossal bust....and they rode him right in to the 6-9-1 record, but I think they will not only be more than capable of replacing Zeitler, but they will also likely draft a Center to push Bodine and possibly replace him as his contract is up after 2018.