AMPHAR Posted July 20, 2021 Report Posted July 20, 2021 Good pick up for the Steelers. They have been ultra successful at finding edge rushers for their scheme. Quote
Stripes Posted July 22, 2021 Report Posted July 22, 2021 Cardinals fans seemed to like him. https://www.arizonasportsfans.com/forum/threads/cards-release-c-lamont-gaillard.430565/ Quote
HoosierCat Posted July 22, 2021 Author Report Posted July 22, 2021 Camp body with a shot to impress. Fine with me. Quote
membengal Posted July 22, 2021 Report Posted July 22, 2021 He might be better than a camp body - that’s a frisky add for right before camp. Quote
ShulaSteakhouse Posted July 23, 2021 Report Posted July 23, 2021 Yeah likely either Hopkins insurance, quality depth, or they plan on losing a C or two. It's possible he's better than anyone at C on the roster currently. I am not sure why he was released though. Quote
membengal Posted July 23, 2021 Report Posted July 23, 2021 44 minutes ago, ShulaSteakhouse said: Yeah likely either Hopkins insurance, quality depth, or they plan on losing a C or two. It's possible he's better than anyone at C on the roster currently. I am not sure why he was released though. Some prominent Cardinals fans among the draft universe are not happy about it Quote
HoosierCat Posted July 23, 2021 Author Report Posted July 23, 2021 Hmmm. Between this and Gaillard I wonder how confident they are in Hopkins making a timely return and/or Price being able to hold down the fort. Quote
membengal Posted July 23, 2021 Report Posted July 23, 2021 Reiter would be a wonderful add under any scenario. Quote
ShulaSteakhouse Posted July 23, 2021 Report Posted July 23, 2021 Sounds like Hopkins is giving them serious concern, at least to begin the season. I actually haven't read or heard anything "good" about Reiter, was a weak link on that line apparently. But, I'm not that familiar with him otherwise. If these guys are upgrades to what they have, fine. Quote
HoosierCat Posted July 23, 2021 Author Report Posted July 23, 2021 Fwiw pff did a piece ranking the top 32 centers about a week ago. https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-center-rankings-2021-nfl-season Hopkins is at 17. They only ranked centers who were on a roster but did add this note at the end of the article: Quote Free agent of note: Austin Reiter (Would be 14th) Reiter, who is still available in free agency, probably would have found his way onto the top half of this list if he was on a roster. He isn’t going to be a difference-maker in the run game, but he has been one of the more reliable pass protectors at center over his past two seasons as the Chiefs' starter. He ranks in the 91st percentile of all players at the position in pass-blocking grade since 2019. 1 Quote
ShulaSteakhouse Posted July 24, 2021 Report Posted July 24, 2021 3 hours ago, HoosierCat said: Fwiw pff did a piece ranking the top 32 centers about a week ago. https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-center-rankings-2021-nfl-season Hopkins is at 17. They only ranked centers who were on a roster but did add this note at the end of the article: So another Hopkins, maybe a tick better. Seems like there's real emphasis on interior pass blocking - for obvious reasons. I don't know that they have an OG who excels at it, yet any ways. So, can't fault the logic. At this point, I'd welcome Reiter if they sign him and he's not lost a step or hiding an injury. Seems like a slight upgrade to Hopkins. If nothing else having some quality depth on the interior o-line of some sort would be nice for once. I know Marvin constantly tried to do that here and had a hard time with it, for whatever reason(s). I'm guessing money. 1 Quote
COB Posted July 30, 2021 Report Posted July 30, 2021 Just don’t want Dre back here. Decent player but the defense has new leadership, a new identity. This D needs to keep moving forward. Quote
ShulaSteakhouse Posted August 2, 2021 Report Posted August 2, 2021 Dre started declining rapidy like AJ did his last year here. As a #4-#5 vet CB I'm sure he has value still possibly somewhere. I'm not too worried about Marvin's guys re-signing here though (players that is). Quote
HoosierCat Posted August 4, 2021 Author Report Posted August 4, 2021 9ers went with a different ex Bengal. Quote
HoosierCat Posted August 6, 2021 Author Report Posted August 6, 2021 Burrow will be able to afford his own space rocket soon. Quote
HoosierCat Posted August 19, 2021 Author Report Posted August 19, 2021 Sounds like he took the training camp injury curse with him. Ugh. Quote
AMPHAR Posted August 19, 2021 Report Posted August 19, 2021 Damn….Lawson is a beast when healthy 1 Quote
membengal Posted August 19, 2021 Report Posted August 19, 2021 Brutal. But also, when analysts were hammering Cincinnati for not going max to keep him from FA and then hammered them for Hendrickson...they sure did gloss over Lawson having the ACL tears in 2014 in college and in 2018 w/ the Bengals. I mean, it was a bit of a medical red flag to chew over... 1 Quote
COB Posted August 19, 2021 Report Posted August 19, 2021 1 hour ago, membengal said: Brutal. But also, when analysts were hammering Cincinnati for not going max to keep him from FA and then hammered them for Hendrickson...they sure did gloss over Lawson having the ACL tears in 2014 in college and in 2018 w/ the Bengals. I mean, it was a bit of a medical red flag to chew over... As noted in this message board, Lawson had all the hallmarks of significant PED use, maybe a bit beyond significant. It was also noted in here the high probability of injury that seems to follow these guys. 1 1 Quote
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