ArmyBengal

Playing around with the mock drafts again, as I so enjoy doing and had this drop in my lap. #18. - JC Latham, OT, Alabama #49. - Byron Murphy, DT, Texas #80. - Xavier Legette, WR, South Carolina #97. - Cade Stover, TE, Ohio State #116. - Brandon Coleman, OG, TCU #149. - Jaylen Wright, RB, Tennessee #194. - Elijah Jones, CB, Boston College #214. - Ryan Rehkow, P, BYU 7th round... who cares ?? Can I just send that to the Bengals now?

Switching gears, if anyone saw the breakdown of Zack Moss from Joe Goodberry, he shows off his pass blocking skills. The fact it was against the Ravens and showed him stonewalling Patrick, Smith and Clowney is pretty impressive. I really like that pickup and still think Chase Brown is going to be pretty involved as well.

Yeah, I took my Geritol and calmed down a bit since yesterday. I will acknowledge the Bengals had to do something and Brown is that. Again, I don't care much about the PFF scores for much of what AMPHAR mentioned. I look at them periodically to see if what they say and what I see are in sync, but they do not help form an entire opinion. If that's all someone using to make an argument, that's really short sighted. I did do a little more digging and found a NextGen stat (I like those) that piqued my interest greatly. "Trent Brown found himself in 1 on 1 situations on 88.3% of his pass blocking snaps last season, the highest among left tackles (min. 300 pass blocking snaps). Brown allowed pressure on just 7.1% of those snaps, the 2nd lowest rate among left tackles." Additional to that, when looking at LT's being left alone for passing plays, with no help the most frequently last season, Trent Brown was #1 at 72.9% of the time. I will glean from that, a trust in the player to do his job and him doing just that. So again, I calmed down a bit. I will wish him luck, because god knows we will need some.

Yeah I did say what I wanted. Trent Brown = Shitbag If he proves me wrong, great !! I will be happy about it. Right now? I’m not going to pretend how great this is simply because we have no one else. If that’s what people want to do, I can have the opinion they are wrong as well. I’m not mad at anyone here because the Bengals were stupid enough to sign this clown. Go prove me wrong Trent. I won’t be holding my breath.

If he’s worth $60m, Higgins should hold out for $100m.

Trent Brown sucks ass and I'm not looking forward to seeing him in a Bengals uniform. BOOOOOOO !! If the o-line ends up sucking again this year, people are going to say, well what did you want Pollack to do, he was handed Trent Brown at RT. However, hope springs eternal and all that shit. This dude is straight ass.

Of course he is. Not happy unless he's sitting the bench. Not really even then. Yes, we needed a vet OT. I guess we did that. Honestly, I don't even want to root for that guy.

I am not a huge fan of PFF by and large. The inconsistency I was speaking about was more about what you get out of the guy on the field. I've watched him play and he's not a consistently solid NFL OT. Becton at least has an injury excuse. Brown, much like Tart, has motivation and head issues I'd rather not introduce into this locker room. I would just find it hard to believe Zac would want to bring in someone like that in a culture he has spent so many years cultivating. I would MUCH rather take an OT at #18 and insert him as the starter day one. Don't dick around, don't waffle with some inconsistent veteran player, draft him, train him and get him as ready to start day 1 right from the jump. Finally, roll with what you've got. There will be issues, but the hope would be that those issues are correctable with a rookie. People already know how the story ends with Brown. Yes, draft two OT's if you need to.

Maybe the Cleveland dysfunction is contagious.

I don’t like the thought of Trent Brown either. While he has had some good, it’s been mixed with a lot of inconsistency. I would rather take my chances with Becton’s knees.

James Rapien chimed in on this deal but had the Bengals sending not only Tee and #18, but their second rounder to the Giants for #6 as well. No Thank You !! To top that off, he has us taking Odunze at #6. How the hell does giving up Tee and two pick and then going WR help at either RT or DT? Dumbest shit ever !!

That's right, that's right. Thanks.

Hard to say what they do with Fields. There are a few options. 1. Pick up the option to retain his rights for 2025. 2. Trade him after the draft this year because some team missed out on QB. 3. Maybe trade him before the trade deadline if another team's QB goes down. I know if a team picks up the 5th year option, the player's salary is fully guaranteed. Not sure what the options are if the team picks up the option and then wanted to trade him. Anyone?

Yeah, that was my point as well. Low cost, low risk, good veteran leadership in the locker room and dependable if needed. God knows injuries happen. Agree with the thought of the competition being higher this year as well. Yes, Gesicki is a TE, but he can and has operated out of the slot. On top of that, Chuck Sizzle will be healthy and into his 2nd season. Iosivas is going to get his chances as well, but that would be into our 5th and 6th WR's at that point. Slim pickins. Nice problem to have !!

I wouldn't mind having Boyd back on a 1 year lower cost deal if things don't work out for him elsewhere. Nothing would please me more than seeing the trio of Chase, Higgins and Boyd earn a ring.

So here’s another one regarding Tee I saw: Would you send Higgins to the Giants and move from #18 to #6 this year and the Giants 2nd round pick next year? I like it theory, but that creates another hole that an extra pick this year could be used towards.

I just plan on winning the Super Bowl. Maybe they do, maybe they don’t. I will say this though, it’s nice heading into the season knowing that’s a real possibility. I’m happy it’s no longer the 90’s where there is no shot of that happening before they take the field.

Also, I’ve watched many Bears games since I have friends and work associates that are Bears fans. Fields has had a worse o-line than the Bengals and until DJ Moore came in last season, his WR’s have equaled a pile of crap. Not to mention not much of a running game either, unless you are talking about Fields himself. Fields is not a bad QB, although I’m now hoping he sucks !!

Here’s the silver lining… Yes they got both Fields and Wilson on the cheap. Good for them this year. However, Wilson has pretty much been told he will be the starter, so Field’s is the backup. The Steelers have to decide whether to pick up Fields 5th option, which would pay him $25m next year. Yikes !! If not, they potentially face 2025 without either of these guys and having to start all over again. Good !!

I don’t like him being there either. I think the Bears were a mess and he will fare better in Pittsburgh. That’s my concern.

Now that’s a solid argument.

Not many thought to do both. However, if you are into the sleepers, I give you Jared Wiley, TE, TCU… https://youtu.be/JrpGt6oZvFA?si=QmAcPN86RapG39R0 I like the kid and think he could be much better than being projected. There’s next to no talk of him when discussing TE’s despite being 6’6, 250lbs and having having an elite RAS score of 9.53. Here’s a blurb on him for you TJ. “One of the biggest pass catchers in the country at 6'7", tight end Jared Wiley has unusual coordination and speed for his size. He excels on curl routes against zone, where he's comfortable settling in between defenders and preparing for contact. Though he wasn't often featured as a primary read except on play fakes and trick plays that are designed to get him wide open, Wiley has solid potential to be a more consistent contributor in the passing game. The more solidified part of Wiley's game is as a blocker. He'll lose some reps due to his high pad level, but his activity level, length, aggression, and quickness are major assets. It's not a question of whether he's a good blocker.”

In the above scenario, put me in camp rookie…

Wilson sucks and so did Pickett. Didn't they lose Rudolph? They went from 3 crappy QB's to 1. I guess that's progress.

Traded Pickett? Why? Must have been more going on with that.