01-20-2020, 01:39 PM
(01-20-2020, 11:55 AM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: I have hope for Jordan and expect him to improve and win a starting job. Fred I don't want to discredit, but he is getting a lot of hype because he is from the Steelers, giant, and played at an acceptable level at LT. Something we all haven't seen much of lately. Would love for him to take the RT job but i'm not willing to lock it in. I also don't want to rule out Price improving. That still only leaves us with Jonah, Jordan, Hopkins, Miller, Johnson, Hart, and Price. 7 OL is not enough. Cordy doesn't want to be here, if he did I would consider paying his enormous salary just to fill that roster hole, but he doesn't so I don't want him here.
Jonah hasn't played a snap in the NFL and whoever keeps drafting offensive linemen for us has proven they suck at their job. Price has not shown he can be trusted. Hart is Bobby Hart. Johnson was an UDFA and cut last year. And we only have seven of them. We have huge question marks and a major lack of NFL caliber bodies at the position. I could get to nine by adding O'Shea Dugas and Isaiah Prince. But I feel like I am being a homer and overestimating them like I tend to do when it comes to our fringe roster guys. I want to do it differently this time. We are lucking in to a stud QB. Invest heavily to protect him and see where he can take us.
Even if we sign an outside veteran and bring Vigil back that still leaves us with only 4 LBs. Again another lack of bodies.
I would want to fill these spots before investing in a 6th and 7th WR.
Like I said, I am just reading in between the lines at O line. I think they take one but I don't think it's until day 3. In all honestly day 3 produces really good O linemen historically because the position is so scheme specific.
As to the LB's maybe they add another lower level FA LB (Maybe resign Reynolds who played decent) my point more so is there are three starting spots and I expect them to be FA/Pratt/Vigil. They may go LB but again short of a value like Murray sitting there at 33 I think they see better value. Now with that said I could see them finding value at Safety with William's contract ending after the year and them counting Williams/potential other safety as a LB option.
We will see what AJ does. Ross and AJ though aren't reliable injury wise currently which kind of forces the teams hand to some extent in adding more talent.
