10-29-2015, 10:01 AM
(10-28-2015, 02:06 PM)RoyleRedlegs Wrote: Because he isn't good.
He is not good at the sport of football.
He can no longer just out muscle every one since they aren't 19 year old kids lining up across from him.
You activate Sims and Thompson instead of just 1.
Thompson plays Gilberry's DT snaps.
Sims takes the extra NT snaps.
Your opinion. I thought (and so did PFF) Hunt looked good in the preseason, and that was coming off a back injury.
Activating Sims and Thompson (so who else gets deactivated?) would only fill the void of Gilberry's rotational play at DT. It would do NOTHING to help MJ on the right side, nor would it help fill Carlos's snaps?
You said Gilberry and Clarke for 70 snaps at LDE, with Gilberry getting most of them. You weakened the rotation at RDE, the work Gilberry does in some passing downs at DT, and you are playing Gilberry in a position he is unfamiliar with (LDE).
Hunt and Clarke would be at LDE. Gilberry would keep doing what he has been doing so he doesn't disappear by year's end, like last year. The Bengals are aiming for week 19. The finish line is not the end of the regular season. They need to be at full strength for the playoffs. Wearing out Gilberry and MJ is not a good way to accomplish this feat.