Dalton Risner: "Would LOVE to be a Bengal"

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(04-17-2025, 03:21 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: I just visited a Vikings fan board. This comment was maybe why the FO is not on board to sign Risner. His inability to stop QB pressures while not leading to sacks does not help overcome his poor perfomance as a run blocker. 

I am just searching why of FO is not running to sign him to upgrade the OL. How many QB pressures did he have in each year and games played? I think he only started 10 games in 2024 and has not started all 17 games in the past 4 years.

2019 - 975 offensive snaps. 22 total pressures, 3 sacks allowed
2020 - 999 offensive snaps. 28 total pressures, 0 sacks allowed
2021 - 832 offensive snaps. 21 total pressures, 4 sacks allowed
2022 - 967 offensive snaps. 29 total pressures, 3 sacks allowed
2023 - 745 offensive snaps. 30 total pressures, 0 sacks allowed
2024 - 537 offensive snaps. 16 total pressures, 0 sacks allowed

So only 10 sacks allowed in over 5000 offensive snaps.

In 2024, he started the season with a back injury and thus put on IR. His first game last year was 11/3, and he played the remainder of the games in the season from that point.

I can potentially see the run blocking concern, but again the Bengals guards are also bad at that, so I'm not seeing a degradation if Risner is added. Improved pass blocking (which should be priority 1 with Burrow, Chase, and Higgins), same run blocking at worst.