05-07-2018, 11:21 AM
I voted Offensive Line. It says give specifics. Now why it asks for specifics here and not the other positions, I do not know. I'll say because until it is fixed, it is still broken. In 2017 Bengals had the WORST OFFENSIVE LINE IN NFL. They went into 2017 this way after losing Whitworth and Zeitler. It didn't get much better over the season in spite of those who will say it did. Over the season the running game and passing game suffered. Dalton was sacked and pressured more than any QB in NFL due to no blocking. The Pittsburg game fans that don't know the game complained of Dalton throwing the ball out of bounds too often, but with no blocking he was avoiding the sack. Ken Anderson and most NFL QB's ever have thrown ball out of bounds to avoid the sack. Dalton just had to do it more because of WORST OFFENSIVE LINE IN NFL.
Now, when you have THE WORST OFFENSIVE LINE IN THE NFL, it's going to take a lot to improve that. Bengals did get Buffalo Bills Left Tackle to hopefully replace Whitworth. Ogbuehi was just awful at LT and I hear they are not picking up his last season option. Hopefully that solves LT. LG is in good shape with Bolling. Bodine is gone and center and enter top pick rookie Price. Center is hard for a rookie. Urban Meyer says Bengals just got a great player. Maybe like when drafting Munoz, he will be an instant improvement even though he has to learn as a rookie. The right side becomes a question. There are players to battle for Right Guard and Right Tackle and I would not put anybody's name down in ink. These spots will be won in training camp and preseason and over the course of the regular season. Nothing is set in stone at Right Guard or Right Tackle. Bengals brought in a guard from New York Giants, so don't be assuming the Bengals guard from last year. Don't be assuming Fisher at RT either. There are other tackles in camp and Fisher has been more of the problem than the solution on WORST OFFENSIVE LINE IN NFL. If Ogbuehi is still on team in preseason, he will be fighting for this spot as well. I would hope they take a look at Perkins from Texas and others in camp. I'm not a fan favorite and the best blockers should win the jobs.
The BAD NEWS is it could all be a mistake and not come together and Bengals remain WORST OFFENSIVE LINE IN NFL.
The GOOD NEWS is they have made some changes from 2017 line. If this team can start blocking, this team can WIN. No blocking caused Bengals defense to be on field more than any defense in NFL. I really think the defense did a great job often going on field in bad field position with no rest and still not allowing points to keep team in the game. Most of the time the D kept the score low for an NFL game, but offense just had no blocking to score. If blocking can open running lanes, and protect Dalton to get the ball to Green and others in the air, then Bengals can WIN.
2018 depends on the blocking. with improved blocking Bengals could be a power on offense and defense. without blocking they will be lucky to win 4 games. It all comes down to BLOCKING. Once they find the 5 starters and solid back-ups, they need to go bowling together, eat together, as the 1980's decade Bengals O Line. The idea being the more time they spend together as a unit, the more they will be a unit on the field. This is not like drafting a RB or WR. To build an O Line is one of hardest things in football. It takes time. Practice, hard work and time. All the O Linemen and TE's coming together as ONE BLOCKING UNIT. I do not expect the Bengals to be where they want to be at start of season. My hope is they are better than 2017 at start of season and over season they come together to be good enough to win in play-offs by improving each week and grinding and reaching down for that extra more each week. When they become a solid blocking unit, the Bengals can go Super Bowl because the defense and other offensive players are good enough for Super Bowl if they get BLOCKING. I'm also hoping the wicky wacky split O Line plays of Hue Jackson are gone. THE WORST OFFENSIVE LINE IN NFL has their hands full just coming together as a unit. There is no extra time to be practicing the stupid split O Line plays of Hue who isn't here anyway, he is in Cleveland. Throw that complete garbage out because it never worked anyway. Not once did I ever see putting O Linemen out with WR work, not once. Paul Brown would be burning those plays and getting back to basic run blocking and basic pass blocking. THAT is where the WINS will come from. I can see stacked lines to right or left, but no more of that garbage of tackles out with WR. I blame that horse hockey as part of collapse of our O Line. Hue is now in Cleveland with 1-31 record there. Burn the Hue plays and let Lasor and this O Line coach from Dallas run their playbook.
Now, when you have THE WORST OFFENSIVE LINE IN THE NFL, it's going to take a lot to improve that. Bengals did get Buffalo Bills Left Tackle to hopefully replace Whitworth. Ogbuehi was just awful at LT and I hear they are not picking up his last season option. Hopefully that solves LT. LG is in good shape with Bolling. Bodine is gone and center and enter top pick rookie Price. Center is hard for a rookie. Urban Meyer says Bengals just got a great player. Maybe like when drafting Munoz, he will be an instant improvement even though he has to learn as a rookie. The right side becomes a question. There are players to battle for Right Guard and Right Tackle and I would not put anybody's name down in ink. These spots will be won in training camp and preseason and over the course of the regular season. Nothing is set in stone at Right Guard or Right Tackle. Bengals brought in a guard from New York Giants, so don't be assuming the Bengals guard from last year. Don't be assuming Fisher at RT either. There are other tackles in camp and Fisher has been more of the problem than the solution on WORST OFFENSIVE LINE IN NFL. If Ogbuehi is still on team in preseason, he will be fighting for this spot as well. I would hope they take a look at Perkins from Texas and others in camp. I'm not a fan favorite and the best blockers should win the jobs.
The BAD NEWS is it could all be a mistake and not come together and Bengals remain WORST OFFENSIVE LINE IN NFL.
The GOOD NEWS is they have made some changes from 2017 line. If this team can start blocking, this team can WIN. No blocking caused Bengals defense to be on field more than any defense in NFL. I really think the defense did a great job often going on field in bad field position with no rest and still not allowing points to keep team in the game. Most of the time the D kept the score low for an NFL game, but offense just had no blocking to score. If blocking can open running lanes, and protect Dalton to get the ball to Green and others in the air, then Bengals can WIN.
2018 depends on the blocking. with improved blocking Bengals could be a power on offense and defense. without blocking they will be lucky to win 4 games. It all comes down to BLOCKING. Once they find the 5 starters and solid back-ups, they need to go bowling together, eat together, as the 1980's decade Bengals O Line. The idea being the more time they spend together as a unit, the more they will be a unit on the field. This is not like drafting a RB or WR. To build an O Line is one of hardest things in football. It takes time. Practice, hard work and time. All the O Linemen and TE's coming together as ONE BLOCKING UNIT. I do not expect the Bengals to be where they want to be at start of season. My hope is they are better than 2017 at start of season and over season they come together to be good enough to win in play-offs by improving each week and grinding and reaching down for that extra more each week. When they become a solid blocking unit, the Bengals can go Super Bowl because the defense and other offensive players are good enough for Super Bowl if they get BLOCKING. I'm also hoping the wicky wacky split O Line plays of Hue Jackson are gone. THE WORST OFFENSIVE LINE IN NFL has their hands full just coming together as a unit. There is no extra time to be practicing the stupid split O Line plays of Hue who isn't here anyway, he is in Cleveland. Throw that complete garbage out because it never worked anyway. Not once did I ever see putting O Linemen out with WR work, not once. Paul Brown would be burning those plays and getting back to basic run blocking and basic pass blocking. THAT is where the WINS will come from. I can see stacked lines to right or left, but no more of that garbage of tackles out with WR. I blame that horse hockey as part of collapse of our O Line. Hue is now in Cleveland with 1-31 record there. Burn the Hue plays and let Lasor and this O Line coach from Dallas run their playbook.
1968 Bengal Fan
