02-28-2020, 12:10 PM
(02-27-2020, 05:03 PM)MEBengalsFan Wrote: Hart isn't a top quality RT. He isn't as bad as we all feel he is though. He is a average to below average RT. Meaning 50% of the teams in the NFL would gladly take him as their starting tackle. Good team wouldn't give him the salary the Bengals did a year ago. He is worth roughly about 60-75% of what the Bengals paid him. If he continues to improve, and I think that is their thinking, he could end up being a solid RT holding down the right side. With Williams on the left that would be a good combo for any QB. With the C being decent improve play on the left and right side would improve the interior play as well.
This is probably why Callahan said what he said....I believe he knows the team needs to upgrade their guard position but what the Bengals have is an average OL, that is if Williams can play to a high level.
I appreciate Fred's post and this take on their plan. They're looking at Hart having the leg up on Johnson, and taking a tackle when the talent starts to match the selection as BPA (look for overdrafts/reaches early). They really need to pay for Joe Thuney to fix LG and be a fallback for the possibility of Williams or the right side struggling. If MJ or Price play well, they're still in the mix for PT but not given anything. RT isn't the dumpster fire we elude to, but Trey Hopkins is the only known B level player on the line and we need more. I can't see them using a high level resource to upgrade RT and it won't fall into their lap due to league need. Get Thuney, be content with the right side and have an open draft.
