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| The Bengals must replace Bobby Hart at right tackle The Bengals started the season 1-0 , but Bobby Hart didn’t do too much winning on Sunday. He was often blown up on the way to either Andy Dalton getting sacked and pressured or Joe Mixon being forced to make someone miss in the backfield.At this point, it is hard to see why Cincinnati is playing Hart. He didn’t play well when run blocking or pass blocking, so what saving grace does he have? Could it be the dreaded mean streak the coaches keep preaching? If that is the case they are putting their season at risk.Margus Hunt, MARGUS FREAKING HUNT, beat Hart for two sacks in the Bengals’ win. Hunt had 2.5 sacks in five seasons in the NFL leading up to Sunday’s game. You remember Hunt from his time with the Bengals, right? He was great in the preseason and then did nothing in the regular season. Well, Hart is so bad that for Hunt, it was like facing someone in the preseason. Per PFF , Hart allowed five total pressures on Sunday.The Bengals don’t have a backup plan behind Dalton. Jeff Driskel isn’t leading this team anywhere besides a top 10 pick. Can you imagine what will happen when Hart has to go up against a guy like T.J. Watt when Cincinnati plays the Steelers? Or how about when the team faces the Ravens on Thursday, who got six sacks against the Bills?The Bengals don’t have a ton of great options behind Hart. At this point Jake Fisher seems like the best replacement option. He showed some spurts of being a pretty good offensive tackle during the preseason. He would probably be the first option for Cincinnati. He is in a contract season, and he has plenty of incentive to play well.After Fisher the Bengals to turn to guys like Cedric Ogbuehi or Trey Hopkins. Ogbuehi has proven he’s not a capable option, and if the Bengals had actually brought in more of a competition at tackle, Ogbuehi probably wouldn’t even be on the team still.As far as Hopkins, he is officially listed as a guard, but he has the length to possibly kick out to tackle. It isn’t ideal by any means, but the Bengals don’t have many more options on their roster , and they likely won’t make a move during the season. As bad as it sounds, what does Cincinnati really have to lose?Hart has been as bad as you could imagine him being, and he was playing against a team that should have made him look at least average. If the Bengals really want to keep up the winning trend, they need to make a move at the right tackle position before Dalton gets hurt. Going into the draft, ESPN still doesn’t have much faith in Cincinnati. Will they be able to prove them wrong?"The Bengals’ 2019 schedule is out, and the NFL draft isn’t far away. That makes this the perfect time for many outlets to check back in on how they currently feel about these teams before they start using draft picks. Mike Clay of ESPN went back and re-examined the over/unders set for each team’s win total, and it shouldn’t be a surprise that it wasn’t favorable to the Bengals.The Bengals over/under is set at six wins, and Clay projects the team to have 5.5.When you consider that free agency is likely what influenced most of Clay’s decisions , it isn’t surprising that he didn’t view the Bengals favorably. Cincinnati made more moves earlier than we were use to, but it still was far from flashy. They added Miller who will start at right guard and be a huge improvement over Alex Redmond, but other than that they really added rotational players and kept their own free agents.Clay mentions that the Bengals’ roster is weak, which aside from some glaring holes at linebacker and offensive tackle I’d whole heartily disagree with. It is obvious that Cincinnati is banking on Zac Taylor being able to come in and do something with this set of players that Marvin Lewis’ staff was unable to. It honestly isn’t out of the realm of possibilities that Taylor’s new offensive system could be the jolt of life this team needs to start contending for the playoffs again. However, it doesn’t change the fact that to an outsider looking in that this is still basically the same roster that has failed to make the playoffs the past three seasons. This feeling could easily shift if the Bengals grab a couple of instant impact players on the first few days of the draft, but based on the roster now, how much has really changed?It is pretty easy though to see even just giving the Bengals a modern looking offense could do wonders for them. It still comes down to can Andy Dalton get back to his 2015 form? We will have to see how well he does in Taylor’s system, and how well the rest of the offense is utilized.It is frustrating seeing the Bengals viewed so poorly by the national media , but these kinds of rankings are usually based on how flashy a team was during free agency. That is something the Bengals will never win awards for. Still, if Cincinnati wants to make their way back to the playoffs, they need to ht a few home runs in the upcoming draft. Ultimately though, winning is the only way to change the perception of this team. The reality is at this moment, this is roughly the same roster that has failed to make it to the playoffs or even achieve a winning record for three straight seasons. |
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