Xenos Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Holes? It’s the OL in holes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HERBO Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 They will be in the playoffs as long as Burrow is healthy. Weak spots is clearly their offensive line. they also have a solid defense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaidersAreOne Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Go OL heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayRaider Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 OL obviously as everyone else has mentioned. Burrow is gonna have a 5 year career if he keeps getting hit this much. As for outside the OL.. could use a LB upgrade and an EDGE upgrade from Hubbard. Hubbard isn't bad but pretty average. Teams with two great EDGE's can dominate in this league. Hendrickson is a stud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Aside from their OL, I think their corner situation is “meh”. Apple has somehow been above average and I love their safety duo, but those spots will likely need addressed going forward. Their interior DL isn’t bad, but it’s okay at best. They honestly couldn’t go wrong picking all interior linemen on both sides of the ball. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChazStandard Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 The holes are pretty obvious - there's five of them, and they're right in front of Burrow. Basically, they need to drive garbage trucks full of money up to Terron Armstead's house, sign Jensen if the Bucs don't tag him, then go OL heavy in the draft. Then at least you have an LT to keep Burrow's blindside clear, a veteran center with playoff experience and can teach the draft picks, and hopefully some young blood to learn from them. Ben and Brady are gone, Mahomes' contract is about to kick in, Allen's too. With both Burrow and Chase on rookie deals the Bengals should go all in for this window of opportunity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenos Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 4 hours ago, MWil23 said: Aside from their OL, I think their corner situation is “meh”. Apple has somehow been above average and I love their safety duo, but those spots will likely need addressed going forward. Their interior DL isn’t bad, but it’s okay at best. They honestly couldn’t go wrong picking all interior linemen on both sides of the ball. Funny enough, their corners and interior DL are what they spent the most money in FA the last two seasons trying to fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Nix Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Xenos said: Funny enough, their corners and interior DL are what they spent the most money in FA the last two seasons trying to fix. Our interior DL is pretty solid actually. We could definitely use another solid corner though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matts4313 Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 In the few games I have seen its been the OL and Joe's inexperience with how to handle pressure. No QB can consistently win when pressured. But it seems like Burrow just needs experience, because sometimes "ghost" chase him into a bad sack/throw/general mistake. The defense has been solid. His skills positions have been killer (YAC has been like 1/3 of his production these playoffs). So all the major pieces are there, aside from the OL and Joe's inexperience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Jonah Williams is the only good O-Lineman they have. Quinton Spain was... ok for the most part. The Center and right side of the line are yikes territory though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenos Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 44 minutes ago, Matts4313 said: In the few games I have seen its been the OL and Joe's inexperience with how to handle pressure. No QB can consistently win when pressured. But it seems like Burrow just needs experience, because sometimes "ghost" chase him into a bad sack/throw/general mistake. The defense has been solid. His skills positions have been killer (YAC has been like 1/3 of his production these playoffs). So all the major pieces are there, aside from the OL and Joe's inexperience. I don’t think he’s seeing ghosts. If he shares the blame then it’s more about holding on to the ball too long to try to make a play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Nix Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Matts4313 said: In the few games I have seen its been the OL and Joe's inexperience with how to handle pressure. No QB can consistently win when pressured. But it seems like Burrow just needs experience, because sometimes "ghost" chase him into a bad sack/throw/general mistake. The defense has been solid. His skills positions have been killer (YAC has been like 1/3 of his production these playoffs). So all the major pieces are there, aside from the OL and Joe's inexperience. I don’t know what you’re looking at regarding Burrow. His pocket movement and keeping the play alive are literally his best strengths. Him extending plays are the majority of our explosive plays this year. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmittyBacall Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Matts4313 said: In the few games I have seen its been the OL and Joe's inexperience with how to handle pressure. No QB can consistently win when pressured. But it seems like Burrow just needs experience, because sometimes "ghost" chase him into a bad sack/throw/general mistake. The defense has been solid. His skills positions have been killer (YAC has been like 1/3 of his production these playoffs). So all the major pieces are there, aside from the OL and Joe's inexperience. I think you need to watch more, because Burrow feels the pocket extremely well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matts4313 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Xenos said: I don’t think he’s seeing ghosts. If he shares the blame then it’s more about holding on to the ball too long to try to make a play. 1 hour ago, Johnny Nix said: I don’t know what you’re looking at regarding Burrow. His pocket movement and keeping the play alive are literally his best strengths. Him extending plays are the majority of our explosive plays this year. 1 hour ago, SmittyBacall said: I think you need to watch more, because Burrow feels the pocket extremely well. Seeing ghost maybe not the term that is most accurate, but it seems like he doesnt know what to do when under duress. Like Rodgers knows what to do - he is going to throw it out of bounds. Brady is going to dump it short. Allen is going to run it. Burrow just takes the negative play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Nix Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 4 minutes ago, Matts4313 said: Seeing ghost maybe not the term that is most accurate, but it seems like he doesnt know what to do when under duress. Like Rodgers knows what to do - he is going to throw it out of bounds. Brady is going to dump it short. Allen is going to run it. Burrow just takes the negative play. That’s part of what makes him who he is. He’s willing to hold onto the ball until the last second. I feel like the Tennessee game must be the only game you’ve watched him, because he’s made a ton of unbelievable plays this year doing just that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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