HoosierCat Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 http://www.bengals.com/news/news.asp?story_id=6386So is his usual opponent, Aaron Smith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnglsboi8532 Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Its getting rediculous, we love Big Willie and all he's done for us, but its about future not about past! If he ain't gonna be playin then we shouldn't pay him, even Willie says he's more than likely to be like this for the rest of his career... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwalling Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Agreed. Love everything he has meant to the Bengals, but it's time for him to move on to managing his FattBurger empire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet23 Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Agreed. Love everything he has meant to the Bengals, but it's time for him to move on to managing his FattBurger empire.Which means yet another first day pick burned on the OL, because our HUGE Scouting Dept (Lippy & Coop) can't find starting caliber 2nd day talent. Why don't they make it official and just hire Mel Kiper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COB Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 I love Willie, love the way he played last week. He's the closest thing this team has to a leader, I think he's morphing into a player/coach roll. He certainly sets the example for how to play through injuries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James_Brooks21 Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 I love Willie, love the way he played last week. He's the closest thing this team has to a leader, I think he's morphing into a player/coach roll. He certainly sets the example for how to play through injuries.I love big Willie for his loyalty to the Bengals, but it is time to give him his walking papers at the end of the season if it makes sense finacially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalByTheBay Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Agreed. Love everything he has meant to the Bengals, but it's time for him to move on to managing his FattBurger empire.Which means yet another first day pick burned on the OL, because our HUGE Scouting Dept (Lippy & Coop) can't find starting caliber 2nd day talent. Why don't they make it official and just hire Mel Kiper?I must be missing some point in your post. If it's that the Bengals burned a draft pick on Willie, I don't get it. You do realize he's in his 12th season right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted October 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 I think Jet means that the Bengals will now be forced to burn a high pick on OL in April of next year, because of their inability to develop low-round guys into starters, because Paul Alexander sucks.I agree they'll have to go OL early, unless the Dancing Bear starts showing us a lot more than he has. As for the day one OL rant, well, just as an example there were 14 offensive linemen selected on day one last April by 13 different teams (the Ravens took two). So if the Bengals feel the need to use high picks on offensive linemen, they are far from alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalByTheBay Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 I think Jet means that the Bengals will now be forced to burn a high pick on OL in April of next year, because of their inability to develop low-round guys into starters, because Paul Alexander sucks.I agree they'll have to go OL early, unless the Dancing Bear starts showing us a lot more than he has. As for the day one OL rant, well, just as an example there were 14 offensive linemen selected on day one last April by 13 different teams (the Ravens took two). So if the Bengals feel the need to use high picks on offensive linemen, they are far from alone.So, I was missing the point. I think Andrews and Kooistra are looking more like backups than starters. But I also think that Guycheck and Whit look like they'll stick, so it's a little unfair to suggest that they haven't dealt with the o-line at least reasonably. Yeah, it would be nice to consistently find starters in the 4th and 5th round, but I doubt the Bengals are alone in failing to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazkal Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Well glad we have whitworth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPalmer9 Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 should have kept steinbach not willie..pretty dumb move Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoePong Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Dude, there aren't many teams who have franchise caliber offensive tackles drafted in the middle and late rounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoePong Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 should have kept steinbach not willie..pretty dumb moveWhy would you want Steinbach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyline Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 I hope Willie's able to stick around, but if these injury problems aren't going away, then it will have to be at a reduced salary. I'd hate to give up his locker room presence at this stage in the franchises "development". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted October 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Today's first IR note from Hobs...http://www.bengals.com/news/news.asp?story_id=6390Chad (ankle) didn't practice. Dexter came back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregCook Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Today's first IR note from Hobs...http://www.bengals.com/news/news.asp?story_id=6390Chad (ankle) didn't practice. Dexter came back.Running game disappears when Big Willie isn't there. At least our replacement is going up against their replacement. Didn't Willie have micro surgery on his knee a could years ago? I wonder if its the same knee that now causing him to miss games. If so, this could cause the Bengals to look for a first day RT new year.My running count of first day requirements include RT, DE, LB, WR Please send compensatory picks Commish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vettespd20 Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 The guy has only missed ONE game so far, and we are so quick to write him off?? He still has 2-3 good seasons left on the shelf. I LOVE THIS GUY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted October 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 Chick had this injury note in his story today...While Bengals linebacker David Pollack rehabs from a potentially career-ending neck injury, he's moonlighting as a college football analyst for CSTV.The Atlanta Journal-Constitution caught up with Pollack, who will be at Alltell Stadium in Jacksonville for the Georgia-Florida game on Saturday. Pollack was noncommittal about his NFL future."I just went to the doctor (Thursday)," Pollack told the AJC. "I'm continuing to rehab and continuing to see how my neck feels. It's still a process that's going to take awhile. I had surgery in January and it's a year, year-and-a-half process for everything to heal up. So I'm just sitting back and waiting and letting God take the reins and see where He takes me."So the door to playing again is neither open nor shut?"Not at the moment," Pollack said. "It's kind of cracked. It opens a little and then the wind will blow. It closed a little bit and then it cracks open again. It goes back and forth." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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