My question - Who exactly is driving the decisions regarding the Offensive Line? Is Jim Turner the loudest voice in the room? Does Zac have the final say? How much weight, if any, comes from Duke or higher up? Thanks. Jim Dunstan, Bethlehem, PA
JIM: You've got it about right. Head coach Zac Taylor and offensive line coach Jim Turner take the lead up front. But it is truly a team effort by consensus, and director of player personnel Duke Tobin works to support their direction. The offensive line is like other position groups, and Tobin and Taylor work in concert on many of the personnel groupings. For instance, Taylor, Tobin, and Turner were thinking in this last draft that they might take a tackle in the second round. But the draft fell another way with six – count 'em, six _ offensive tackles going in the first round. So they pivoted and took a first-round receiver in Tee Higgins and then waited patiently for guys that Turner and the scouts had high grades.
When Kansas tackle Hakeem Adeniji was there in the sixth round, that was the kind of guy they had in mind. Higher grades than draft position. Early reports suggest that Turner likes what the film shows on Adeniji.
But there's no question Turner calls the shots during the season in consultation with Taylor along with Tobin presiding. Fred Johnson at right guard is his move. So is the belief in right tackle Bobby Hart. Remember how big of a hire Turner was for Taylor. The Bengals were and are still quite high on Frank Pollack, but Taylor had worked with Turner at Texas A&M and the Dolphins and wanted a guy he knew well for such an important position.
Hi Geoff. I love your articles and hard to believe Bengals.com is 20 years old. Crazy. My question is will the Bengals get creative and give up a 1st and 2nd round pick for a solid RT like Mitchell Schwartz to protect our QB? Matt S., Columbus, OH
MATT: Thank you very much. You are very kind. It seems like just the other day I posted my first story on Bengals.com from Spinney Field documenting the drafting of Florida State wide Peter Warrick at No. 4.
Way too much. I mean, is Mitchell Schwartz worth Joe Burrow AND Tee Higgins? Or Jonah Williams AND Drew Sample? Just take a second-rounder. Joe Mixon? Tyler Boyd? Jessie Bates III?
I get it. You need a solid right tackle and while they may think Hart is that right now, there are also guys in the queue like Fred Johnson and Adeniji. The thing is, a high draft pick is gold because they are so relatively cheap for what should be an impact player. They are really key now for the Bengals because they have to start saving for a Burrow extension as soon as possible. Draft a young Schwartz next year or the next one after that if these guys aren't the answer. Meanwhile, Schwartz is already 31.
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