09-06-2015, 12:34 AM
The Bengals only kept 8 OL because they have some flexibility there. Not many teams have 3 lineman who can shift to other spots. It essentially makes an 8-man rotation like 9.
They obviously played it safe, and while many criticize the Bengals for this, it's hard to disagree with this 53-man. This is a tough roster to crack and was even tough considering about 80% of the ideal 53-man from a year ago returned, MJ/Sims re-signed and we brought in a whole draft class. Not very many spots for guys outside of that group and the first half of the draft class to take.
Hopefully we can stash Kumerow, Hopkins, Hill, Obarski, Wilder, Watson and Williams on the practice squad.
They obviously played it safe, and while many criticize the Bengals for this, it's hard to disagree with this 53-man. This is a tough roster to crack and was even tough considering about 80% of the ideal 53-man from a year ago returned, MJ/Sims re-signed and we brought in a whole draft class. Not very many spots for guys outside of that group and the first half of the draft class to take.
Hopefully we can stash Kumerow, Hopkins, Hill, Obarski, Wilder, Watson and Williams on the practice squad.
