01-11-2018, 08:26 PM
(01-11-2018, 08:16 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: How do we know that it wasn't Paul Alexander convincing Mike that he didn't need to spend any money on interior OL? Perhaps PA was touting how he could "coach up any guy from the bottom of the draft" and that those guys are just screws in a machine, easily replaceable. (I know that sounds a bit extreme)
Everything I've read suggests that the Bengals just don't place value in those positions and would rather invest elsewhere.
Of course, PA was around for 23 years and who knows what ideas he put in Mike's head. I would think that if he valued interior guys, he would've had the influence to get Mike to change somewhat. He got Mike to agree to trade up for Bodine, which is something Mike hadn't done since Ki-Jana. We'll see soon enough. Hopefully this is a whole new era for our line.
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