10-06-2017, 05:21 PM
(10-06-2017, 04:42 PM)masterpanthera_t Wrote: Nate, I gotta disagree here man. If there's one bengals coach who is fairly well thought of both on the boards and around the NFL I would have to think Urban is one. The fact that Core hasn't played much makes me think that Core is an athletic guy with a lot of speed who doesn't have the qualities needed to be a game day many snap getting WR. Especially considering that this year a lot of young players and rookies are getting playing time, I would say that if Urban thought Core was worth playing as a 2nd or 3rd WR, we would have seen it. The fact that we have not tells me that Core is not there yet. I'm not saying Core can't develop into that in the future (I've consistently said Core will polish into form next year, so I didn't want him cut back when we were talking about how many receivers should be kept).
Remember that this is the same Urban who didn't have a problem playing 5th rounder Marvin Jones as basically the second receiver (either MJ's first or second year, I don't remember which). So, Core not getting snaps is a Core problem not a coach problem.
And (not that you're doing it), don't use the argument that this is Marv's decision over Urban, when Marv is ok playing Willis and Lawson over MJ. That would not be a consistent argument.
True enough about Urban, he sure seems to know what he is doing and Core may not be there yet.
Problem with all of this is it doesn't seem Lafell is anything special this year either and i have been a Lafell supporter
in the past. When a player is not up to snuff i always call them out, i don't have any bias for a struggling player.
And whether it is Urban or Marv's decision this seems all too consistent that it takes too long for the coaches to see
a player struggling and bench him for the other guy. This happened last year with Og and when we desperately
needed a deep threat it took too long to dress Core. He came in and played well when he got a shot last year.
Same old song and dance.
