ochocinco4pres Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 15 guys on the roster with not a single snap of NFL experience. Also we went from the 23 oldest team in the NFL to the 3rd youngest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 I was going to start this topic sometime today, but since Ocho mentioned it in another thread, i decided to split it out and update it here. I'll post the graphic i saw earlier unless someone beats me to it. This team got a lot younger in a hurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVillain112 Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Besides Whit, a lot of the guys we lost should help us. Peko was done for a while, Nugent was done 2 seasons ago, Eric Winston always sucked for us, and Dansby was just ok. When you look at the guys that are going to replace them Sims/Billings, we'll feel the youth here as Billings has shown he needs more experience, but Minter replacing Dansby helps, and Andre Smith has looked better at backup OT than Winston ever did. Also Bulock is better than Nugent. A lot of key contributors are more experienced now as well: Vigil, Boyd, Erickson, Fisher, Ced, and Shawn Williams. Also think having young pass rushers is a good thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ochocinco4pres Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 I agree it can help. But the lack of experience at times can hurt. Most of our special teams guys are brand new so don't be shocked if we struggle on coverage early on as these guys learn the spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Just now, ochocinco4pres said: I agree it can help. But the lack of experience at times can hurt. Most of our special teams guys are brand new so don't be shocked if we struggle on coverage early on as these guys learn the spots. You always hear about how the game is so much faster at the NFL level. I think for the first few weeks we'll see some key younger guys making some mistakes because they're trying to go too fast. On ST's and defense primarily, i'm betting. That's where they really got younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INbengalfan Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 4 hours ago, ochocinco4pres said: 15 guys on the roster with not a single snap of NFL experience. Also we went from the 23 oldest team in the NFL to the 3rd youngest. That's only moving 6 spots. Not as dramatic as it sounds the way you wrote it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVillain112 Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 30 minutes ago, INbengalfan said: That's only moving 6 spots. Not as dramatic as it sounds the way you wrote it lol, I did the same thing in NFL Gen. You know what we mean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Here's the graph i saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ochocinco4pres Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 3 hours ago, INbengalfan said: That's only moving 6 spots. Not as dramatic as it sounds the way you wrote it sorry it is probably written wrong. We were 23rd youngest in the league last year, now 3rd. So 20 spots up. Something like the average age of our team is 25 compared to (i believe) 26.4. Doesn't seem like a lot, but it clearly made a difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 12 minutes ago, ochocinco4pres said: sorry it is probably written wrong. We were 23rd youngest in the league last year, now 3rd. So 20 spots up. Something like the average age of our team is 25 compared to (i believe) 26.4. Doesn't seem like a lot, but it clearly made a difference Yeah you worded it incorrectly at first. The graph i posted makes it much more clear. @INbengalfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INbengalfan Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 5 hours ago, TheVillain112 said: lol, I did the same thing in NFL Gen. You know what we mean! Actually I saw what you wrote, then saw it here, and thought both of you may have read someone trying to slip one by everyone. Stats 101 crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCincinnati Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 That's crazy, but its a good thing in the long run. They may or may not be competitive this year, but in a year or two they will be back with the rest of the playoff contenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ochocinco4pres Posted September 7, 2017 Author Share Posted September 7, 2017 On 9/5/2017 at 7:31 PM, MrCincinnati said: That's crazy, but its a good thing in the long run. They may or may not be competitive this year, but in a year or two they will be back with the rest of the playoff contenders. I fully expect to be competitive this year. We will lose games due to inexperience at places, but we have experience in key positions across the board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 9 minutes ago, ochocinco4pres said: I fully expect to be competitive this year. We will lose games due to inexperience at places, but we have experience in key positions across the board Looking at the field, i see mostly teams with huge flaws. I agree they'll lose some games because of that experience, but they're going to win others because they're playing QB's like Joe Flacco, Tom Savage, Trever Simien, Blake Bortles, etc. *Note i don't know if they actually play all those teams, just naming some random AFC teams i find uninspiring from the QB position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ochocinco4pres Posted September 7, 2017 Author Share Posted September 7, 2017 Can we really call our Tom Savage, have we ever beat a Houston QB? And we lost to Simien i believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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