10-23-2017, 05:01 PM
(10-23-2017, 04:54 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: I feel like the NFL salary cap rises by $10 million each year. Yet the value the Bengals will pay for a position is set at levels from 7-10 years ago. Like offering Zeitler $5.5 million a year.
Yeah Boling plays for that much...but Boling signed several years ago and struggled early in his career.
Boling signed cheap to stay where he knew he worked as a player. He fit the offense incredibly well at the time of his signing. With Whitworth at LT, he never had to worry about that and he was free to be a pulling guard which is where he's best in the run game. You take that away and now he has to do more that doesn't fit inside his skill set...and you see the results.
(10-23-2017, 04:54 PM)Bengal Dude Wrote: We seem to have a fascination with drafting 3-4 defenders and putting them in our 4-3 looks. Moch and Clarke are two more names that were basically square pegs that we tried to fit into round holes. Moch was constantly mentioned as an OLB in a 3-4. Clarke was mocked to be a 3-4 DE prior to his draft.
David Pollack too. Marv ran that hybrid D in Baltimore and kept trying to draft 3-4 OLBs and play them like Peter Boulware.
