Jamie_B

I'm not mad at their suggestions.

Meaning Williams and Volson positions need to be looked at

Chad is loved so much by the media he's become a member of them.

Nope.

I loved Chad when he did it but he was always playful with it. Jamar is causing other teams to want to fight him.

https://bengalswire.usatoday.com/2024/02/18/bengals-justin-rascati-believes-offense-runs/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0cYT5i-9b0g6KpcPX0ANDP4a383A0HTK0zS9I2IZrZNLi6mM6_ObdO6HY Bengals' Justin Rascati believes the offense runs through the OL With the recent shake-up in the coaching staff for the Cincinnati Bengals after former offensive coordinator Brian Callahan moved on to be the head coach of the Tennessee Titans, Justin Rascati was brought on staff to be the pass game coordinator. A former quarterback at the college level, Rascati has been an offensive coach for a while now after spending time at the college and pro levels, but believes he learned a lot from being the offensive line coach with the Minnesota Vikings. “I would say I wish I did this 10 years ago before I called plays,” Rascati said to Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com. “Obviously, you want to build your system around your quarterback and what his skill set is. But I think it’s also important to kind of see it through the lens of the offensive line. “I think it’s helped me tremendously from a run game standpoint to protection plan to really understanding more than scheme. More technique fundamentals. And what problem looks they may have and how to handle it. And how to really protect those guys because, in this league, games are won at the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. You can quickly get exposed at this level with your protection plan if it’s not sound.” While Rascati won’t have as big of an impact on what the offense looks like as many other coaches will, the way he views the offense is still a good voice to have in the room.

I mean Jamar is getting to that point as far as running his mouth too, if were being honest.

CB is my Dark horse. If they fix RT in FA, and fix DT, and Bowers or a WR they like isnt there. I'm ok with it.

imo this is the most important position on Defense to fix, double dipping with one in FA and one in the draft would be ideal

I think they wanted Zack Carter to be that guy, but he's been a bust so far. They need to get a guy that can do what Ogunjobi did for sure, it is the biggest difference in our D going to shit. Apple gets too much BS, yes he was toast against Kupp in the SB (and I blame some of that on Lou because as soon as OBJ got hurt they should have moved coverage to double and triple Kupp), but he was also the reason we were in the SB in the first place. The stats dont lie, he was a very solid CB for us.

I think Sweat is a high 2nd rounder that we may want to trade up for, don't think he's a 1st

Getting some pass rush from the interior would help everyone, the back end, the DEs, the LBs.

Not sure about the start but at the end of the year he was pretty banged up I'd bring back Flowers and Apple, both had roles here.

Mock Draft Monday, there wasn't an RT there that was worth passing on Newton, but the combo of Newton and Sweat alongside Hill would fix our run D and our Interior pass rush pretty quickly. Also got a C for when Kaaras' deal is up this year. . Jer'Zhan NewtonDT Illinois 49. T'Vondre SweatDT Texas 80. Sedrick Van PranOC Georgia 115. Blake CorumRB Michigan 147. Isaiah AdamsOG Illinois 174. McCallan CastlesTE Tennessee 195. Christian JonesOT Texas 234. Dominique HamptonS Washington 251. Nathaniel WatsonLB Mississippi State

I normally think it's a mistake to give up on a guy after 1 year, but I do want competition here at minimum

You have to think about future years, Jamar is going to get paid, whether that's now or soon its going to happen amd Joe's contract huts next season. Yes we can afford to spend cap money this season and we should but that bill comes due very soon.

Well that's a take I guess. Battle played pretty well last year once he started, I think he is going to be fine. Hill needs for sure needs to step it up. Overworked breaking down Hendrickson just got the most sacks in a year he has had, but ok. Hubbard I agree was worn down, but that's why we will see Murphy getting more snaps to spell him this season. The Texans were dead last against the run 2 years ago, They moved into the top 10 (number 8 ) in 1 year, the front office has work to do here but its not impossible to fix. So you don't want to pay Tee or Chase, but use the money on the defense. Isnt that exactly what you were worried about with the dutch boy analogy? You're kind of all over the place here. We can afford to keep Tee on a 1 year tag, Jamar is still under contract, Joe's money doesn't hit for another year. We can keep both WRs, at least for one year, and get some help on Defense. Personally I believe it needs to be at the DT spot for vets as that's the place where the FA market is rich with guys. We can get a Eli Apple type to be a backup in FA, we don't need to get starters, the young guys never get better if they don't get snaps.

Yeah Cappa has been solid, a bad game here or there, but overall he's fine. Volson not so much.

Yeah I have no idea why they haven't tried to replace Carmen at this point. I feel like you give a guy at least 2 years starting to see if he can do it. 1 the first year in the position where he is getting he feet under him, and in the 2nd year if there isn't marked improvement, then you start looking for something else.

They arent going to give up on Hill this quickly and sign someone to come in to be the stater. I sometimes think people just want to be contrarian around here.

Listening to Darrin Simmons on Laps podcast the other day, he said Robbins knows he has to work on consistency, that he got better over the year but at the start had some he was sure he wanted to get back. Sounded like they are going to watch to see how his kicks progress. I think you got to get some competition for him. I know it would be a PR nightmare but I'm not opposed to going after Azaria.

Question is who's going to want to come in and be a backup

I remember people here convinced we needed to keep Lawson

Not me. Reader is not on the team right now, I like BJ Hill but he's better in a rotation. We have almost nothing at DT. Having a WR2 that is basically a WR1 is a luxury and it's much easier to get WRs in the draft these days. That said unless the trade is for a high 2nd or a 1st I'm not doing it. The value has to be there.