03-01-2018, 01:17 PM
(02-28-2018, 10:21 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I never ignored any of that. I specifically mentioned that Dre, Dennard, and Jackson were all INJURED their rookie seasons.
And Ogbuehi did not sit for 2 years. He started 12 games his second season.
Try to THINK.
The issue has never been limited to rookie snap counts or the playing of rookies during their rookie season or Marvin never plays rookies.
You attempt to alter or limit the Concept that you can't grasp in order to argue about what you tried to reduce it to.
The issue has always been about the Bengals tendency to often want the comfort of having an experienced starter already in place for a rookie to learn behind. More of a Safety Net that the Steelers often don't require at the same rate.
Leon Hall, Terrance Newman, Pac Man and Nate Clements were on the roster when Dre was a rookie. That is the heart of the points being made here. Dre missing out on snaps because of injury has no bearing on the Concept here because the Concept has never been what you have tried to spin it towards. Never solely about rookie snaps or Marvin never letting rookies play.
Dennard and Jackson had veterans in front of them their rookie seasons and NICE TRY in your attempt to alter my Cedric comment from "developed for roughly 2 seasons to replace Andrew Whitworth" into YOUR SPIN of "sitting for 2 years".
You stand corrected.
