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Allen also had pneumonia or something last season that cost him some games and made him lose like 30 lbs. And he still put up numbers that would have made him a stud in Cincy. So yeah, he can still play. The one caveat is that he can be a liability against the run. Chicago is switching to a 3-4 so he may not be a fit there any longer. I wouldn't be surprised if he was released.

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Nothing about the Bears would surprise me. I find myself warming up to them more and more because they're almost as hapless as the Bengals.

New tidbit from Harvey: looks like Boling will generate some interest if he gets into FA.


/>http://espn.go.com/blog/cincinnati-bengals/post/_/id/15734/what-makes-clint-boling-an-under-radar-favorite

I don't think losing Boling would be a big blow, but I'd prefer to see them not open up any more holes ahead of the draft.

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Well, the Bengals must have been impressed because they're already opening up room on the o-line. So long, Mike Pollack.


/>http://www.cincyjungle.com/contracts/2015/2/20/8078393/cincinnati-bengals-released-offensive-lineman-mike-pollak

Yup, let's not release Robert "10,000-year-old man" Geathers or Domata "worst DT in the league last year" Peko. Instead we cut a productive offensive lineman.

I don't get this at all.

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Maybe his knees were bad?

I was thinking the same thing .... he seemed to appear on the Injury Report fairly often and although a decent back up I wonder if he's just done.

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Maybe his knees were bad?

I was thinking the same thing .... he seemed to appear on the Injury Report fairly often and although a decent back up I wonder if he's just done.

Even so he still played and played relatively well. Time will tell, it just feels premature.

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Another possible guy they're looking at:


/>http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/slideshow/NFL-Combine-Day-3-103675/photo-7553063.php

Here's his profile. Good pass protector, poor run blocker.


/>http://www.nfl.com/draft/2015/profiles/laken-tomlinson?id=2552345

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I'm starting to get a bit concerned about Boling.


/>http://www.cincyjungle.com/2015/2/23/8085213/pro-football-focus-rates-clint-boling-as-third-best

Not that he's indispensable, but he's an average to good player IMO and losing him would add to, not subtract from, the team's needs. However, the Bengals have never been fond of paying for guards.

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could Boling be let go.

I'm not sure they'll just let him walk, rather they'll see what the market offers him and maybe match (or maybe not if the $$ is too high in their view, as was the case with baby Hawk).

They certainly need to address depth as A) Whitworth isn't getting any younger and B) Zeitler, Whitworth and Moobs are all out of contract after next season.

Current roster shows:-

GUARDS - Boling, Zeitler, tey Hopkins

O TACKLES - Dan France, Tanner Hawkinson, Matthew O'Donnell, Moobs, Whit, Winston ......and Marshall Newhouse.

Maybe they'll re-sign Pollak if his knee isn't Fu%*ed ...... but then if it's not why cut him in the first place? Plenty of cap space to accommodate him (reportedly $1.4M cap hit this season) so I can't see why he was released unless it was an injury based decision

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could Boling be let go, and Whit move inside? With the bengals targeting a 1st or 2nd round LT? Or even a young, upcoming FA LT? That could help to explain why pollak was released, too.

Possibly. At least, I would say that's an option if the can't resign Boling. That said Whit reportedly vetoed a move to guard after 2013, and the Bengals seem adamant that they want to keep Boling.

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