Bengals Insiders Don’t Have Us Taking Pitts

[Nicomo Cosca]

(02-07-2021, 06:38 PM)Benton Wrote: Not trying to be argumentative but two things:

Why take guys guys who aren't going to be utilized? Feelings about zac are incidental. Even if he's gone next year, he could get replaced with a guy who doesn't use tes either.

Setting a coach up for failure is a good way to not move forward, either with that coach or another one. Picking players that he "has" to use while not filling the holes on the current system isn't going to improve the offense, it's just going to create friction.

Well the Zac Taylor doesn’t use TE’s narrative is not even entirely accurate anyway. He was utilizing Uzomah the first couple games this season before CJ went down. He had 11 targets in less than 2 full games, and played 72% of the offensive snaps in week one.

And it’s not really setting Taylor up for failure. His offense was what, like 29th in the league? If Pitts is the BPA when we pick, and the FO feels he will give us a dimension we’re currently lacking, then it should be seen as helping him succeed.