Oline Coach firing thread...

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(10-16-2020, 11:03 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Last year our O-line was the ONLY position group that showed any real improvement over the course of the season.  So even though I did not like Turner when we first hired him I was willing to give him credit as the only coach on the staff that actually produced any improvement.

Now the O-line looks like garbage again.  They are getting beaten more by blitzes and stunts than just getting overpowered.  And Willie Anderson straight up called out their poor technique in a twitter post early in the season.  Turner was also given the best O-lineman from the 2019 draft to help his line, but it has not made any difference.

I am not a big fan of firing coaches mid-season.  Especially when they have not even competed two full seasons.  So I would say "No" at this time.  But unless we show DRAMATIC improvement over the rest of the season he needs to be fired along with most of the other coaches.

You're spot on, Fred, and my only small objection to your excellent post is the last bolded sentence -- and my objection is based on Joe Burrow.  He's not just a sitting duck behind this historically bad offensive line but he's a duck sitting in a rocking chair, blindfolded, and smack in the middle of duck season.

Honestly, I'm getting flashbacks to David Klingler and Akili Smith where Mike Brown signed who he thought was the "bell cow" quarterback and didn't protect him.  Joe Burrow still has rookie tendencies but he has so much upside there is a potential for future GOAT status if he could get more time and room to throw.  Like it or not, Andy Dalton's quick release covered up many offensive line pass blocking sins and if Joe simply works on releasing passes faster then all the Bengals have done is created a more expensive Andy Dalton 2.0.  That's not why Burrow was drafted; he was drafted for his maturity, his mobility, and his ablity to stand in the pocket, go through progressions, set his feet, and make an accurate throw.