Jermaine Who???

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(Yesterday, 08:03 AM)Sled21 Wrote: There were years under Merv that we carried 7. We could carry six, but right now I think it's smarter to carry 5 and rely on Gesicki, Fant and Hudson to be receivers, and use that extra spot on one of the lines, especially with the way the Oline is already beat up.

They have a lot of depth OL, but none of them are particularly impressive.
Who would be the OL worth taking the extra spot over a 6th WR?

Right now I see it as...
OT - OBJ, Mims, Ford, Cochran
OG - Fairchild, Patrick, Rivers...Volson/Kirkland?
C - Karras, Lee/McLaughlin

My preference is to sign Risner and have Fairchild and Risner as the starting OGs with Patrick as first IOL off the bench that can play all interior positions.
Rivers can develop at OG his rookie year.
For C, Patrick can be the immediate backup and let Lee or McLaughlin develop, sending the other to PS or just cut.
I don't see a huge reason to keep both Lee and McLaughlin, but if that is a desire, kick off the 4th OG in favor of them.
I'm really not concerned if any of the OL after them were to get plucked off the PS, and the Bengals can promote one from the PS in the event of an injury.

If keeping just 5 WRs, I'd probably lean toward keeping a 5th TE and plan to run heavy 12-personnel this year with Fant and Gesicki as the starters with Hudson backing up Gesicki and Sample in a pure blocking role and backing up Fant. Then the 5th TE could be between Grandy or McLachlan.