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2 hours ago, Jamie_B said:

 

Hope this gets done.

Its either Turner or Warford..

Seems leaning to Turner..

Ill forgive his play last year..

Hammy and team medical staff punctured his lung

!Would really boost interior..

Right now..we have NO starting guards..

Maybe they bring back Spain as insurance and draft a good one..

 

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6 hours ago, claptonrocks said:

Its either Turner or Warford..

Seems leaning to Turner..

Ill forgive his play last year..

Hammy and team medical staff punctured his lung

!Would really boost interior..

Right now..we have NO starting guards..

Maybe they bring back Spain as insurance and draft a good one..

 

I'm ok with XSF at LG if they sign Trai.  He's fine if he's your 5th best lineman rather than second or third.

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9 hours ago, claptonrocks said:

Its either Turner or Warford..

Seems leaning to Turner..

Ill forgive his play last year..

Hammy and team medical staff punctured his lung

!Would really boost interior..

Right now..we have NO starting guards..

Maybe they bring back Spain as insurance and draft a good one..

 

 

 

If he wasn't hurt last year he would still be on their team imho. I agree can't let one season where he was hurt for part of the season detract us from taking a guy who was a 5 time probowler. Offer him a multi year deal that is contingent on his health,

Draft Sewell, and your entire Oline other than Tre Hopkins it would make the Oline entirely different, and with guys that are either former pro bowelers or top at their position or drafted top 5. Add in a new and well respected Oline coach. And this is an entirely upgraded unit.

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12 hours ago, claptonrocks said:

Don't know why Reyniolds hasnt signed yet...

Bengals need another wideout so unless their thinking Sammy Watkins they should bring him in..

 


Too late now but it was likely because they’re locked in on Chase, Pitts or Waddle at 5.

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Chris Conley gone too, to the Texans. Perriman gone to the Lions. The only guy left that seems to make any sense is Sammy Watkins. I am not liking the fact it's looking very likely the Bengals may be looking at WR in Round #1. Despite the talent, this would be a stupid fucking move.

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19 hours ago, Le Tigre said:

I get the observation. Many of us in the stands thought the same. Maybe it was us who had it in our heads? 
 

This blurb from an older B/R article summed up the nuts and bolts of his ‘06 season: 

 

“Palmer underwent reconstructive surgery on his knee (in very early ‘06) and vowed to be the Bengals' starting quarterback for the 2006 season. And he did just that, starting every game of that season, and only missing a single snap due to having the wind knocked out of him.”

 

“He put up even more staggering numbers in 2006, passing for over 4000 yards and throwing 28 touchdown passes. He made the Pro Bowl for the second consecutive year, and would go on to lead the AFC down the field in the final two minutes to win the game. He was later named Pro Bowl MVP.”

 

The team should have made the playoffs, except:  

 

“The downside to the 2006 season was that the Bengals struggled elsewhere. They made special teams mistakes, missing field goals and even point-after attempts. After starting the season 8-5, and needing only to win one of their final three games against Indianapolis, Denver, and Pittsburgh, the Bengals fell to 8-8, and missed the playoffs.”

 

But no one could fault Carson Palmer for the disappointing ending to the season. He was still playing at an elite level, and was put in the conversation along side Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Philip Rivers as the best quarterbacks in the league.”

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/544449-cincinnati-bengals-the-rise-and-fall-of-carson-palmer.amp.html

 

By all descriptions, he overcame a shredded knee in Jan 2006—worse than that of Burrow’s—and came back arguably better. With the advances in medicine since even 2006, there should be no problem with young Joe coming back completely. 
 

Just have to keep those other thoughts out of  his head, and the fans. 


 

 

 

There has been a huge - monumental - advancement in orthopedics in the last 15 years. Surgery then was like stone knives and sharp sticks compared to the techniques they use today.  Advanced imagery alone minimizes the amount of surgical trauma greatly. Medical technology is advancing not on a linear scale but rather in an exponential one.     

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20 minutes ago, BengalFanInTO said:

Despite the talent, this would be a stupid fucking move


I’ve brought this up in other threads and it bears repeating now....why on earth would any of you not expect the Bengals to do what the Bengals always do? After all of these years you’d think it would have sunk in by now. 
 

also, there is still plenty of time and plenty of options left for them to continue to build their OL. 

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11 minutes ago, spicoli said:


I’ve brought this up in other threads and it bears repeating now....why on earth would any of you not expect the Bengals to do what the Bengals always do? After all of these years you’d think it would have sunk in by now. 
 

also, there is still plenty of time and plenty of options left for them to continue to build their OL. 

 

What they will do and what they should do is usually different. 

 

Plenty of options to add WRs in later rounds, too.  As someone else stated, WRs are a risky pick in the first round compared to linemen. 

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1 hour ago, sparky151 said:

The risk with Chase is that Burrow gets mangled because the O-line wasn't sufficiently reinforced. The risk with Sewell is Burrow has to check down to option 3.


I mean that’s really only true if you believe that they aren’t going to continue adding to the OL in FA and won’t address it at all in the draft. 

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44 minutes ago, spicoli said:


I mean that’s really only true if you believe that they aren’t going to continue adding to the OL in FA and won’t address it at all in the draft. 

 

So far all they have done is sign a 30-something tackle to a one year deal.  Hardly a long term solution to the offensive line issues.  It's not like that was their only issue on the line.  Guard is still a problem and thinking a 2nd or 3rd round guy can step in and play well is foolishness.  The Bengals have been trying that crap for years and that's why they are where they are. 

 

The safest, smartest pick is Sewell, even though there are no guarantees even with him.  The Bengals need a tackle for the long term.  Right now they have a ? at LT who hasn't stayed healthy, and a one year guy at RT.  At WR the Bengals are at least OK.  Smart move is 1st round Tackle, 2nd round WR. 

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2 hours ago, UncleEarl said:

Smart move is 1st round Tackle, 2nd round WR. 


As I’ve said in another response, smart moves and Bengals moves are two entirely different things. 
 

And honestly, the safest pick is probably Slater, not Sewell....not that I think for a minute they’re taking either one.  

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1 minute ago, membengal said:

2nd round WR falls off a cliff compared to what they can have at 5. OT/G in second does not fall off the same cliff. 

Higgins, Pickens, Collinsworth. 
 

Some cliff. 
 

This is a bunch of pure conjecture.  WR is a high risk pick at any time.  

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7 minutes ago, membengal said:

2nd round WR falls off a cliff compared to what they can have at 5. OT/G in second does not fall off the same cliff. 

 

Fun Fact: It's hard to throw to the WR you took at #5 when you're lying on the ground.

 

PS: It's also hard to run the ball this way.

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Just now, membengal said:

Fun fact - there are o-linemen in 2 who will help keep that from happening, as will the guy they just signed in Reiff, and anyone else they still add in FA...

Please.  2nd round OL are significantly riskier than top 10 OL.  Some of you read, and believe, too many bullshit scouting reports. 

 

The Bengals need a rock solid OT.  They don’t have one.  If this draft is so rich at OL why wouldn’t you take the closest to a sure thing at that position instead of a vanity pick which could leave your franchise QB subject to the same abuse he took last season?  
 

Mike Brown thinking. 
 

 

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