Dalton is now likely getting disgruntled

The offensive line is the one group where you don’t want to have much change throughout the season John Ross Jersey , even if that change is deemed to be positive beforehand.Despite gaining back a starter against the Saints on Sunday, the Bengals offensive line took a big sized step backwards in their 37-point defeat to the NFC’s current No. 2 seed, but not in the way that was expected.Coming into the game, the Saints ranked first in run defense and near the bottom in pass defense. Yet, the Bengals ran for 110 yards on just 16 carries and failed to eclipse 174 net passing yards. The Saints were even missing one of their best defensive lineman in first-round pick Marcus Davenport, and the Saints pass rush still had their way for nearly the entire game. I decided to look at two potential cruxes that may’ve caused this unanticipated dichotomy.Billy Price’s return to center was a solid one, but it came with some rust as well. A change in not one, but two starters seemed to have caused some miscommunication in pass protection from time to time, but New Orleans’ ability to pressure quarterback Andy Dalton was attributed more to a lack of cohesion amongst the Bengals pass protectors. It started off well for Cincinnati’s front five, as running back Joe Mixon and the Bengals offense drove down the field with ease on their first drive of the game. This run was a great mix of blocking and play design.Upon obliterating the front side defenders, the jet motion from wide receiver John Ross got the linebackers flowing against the grain and gave Mixon a prime opportunity to finesse through to the open field. Price clearly wanted to get after the 3-technique David Onyemata, but failing to get his hands on any second level defender almost knocked the play from great to good. Luckily Jordan Willis Jersey , the pre-snap deception schemed Mixon some extra yards regardless.I still will never get tired talking about reach blocks against front-side shaded nose tackles. I was especially excited to see it from Price because it was an issue at Ohio State, and also during the preseason. Clearly Price has been working on it while he was recovering from his foot injury, and even though the run went for no yardage, the work Price does here is commendable. However... That first play repeated itself later on in the game and the Bengals were hurt by it. We can appreciate Price’s willingness to look for work when he has no defender to work against at the snap, but he’s gotta know he’s responsible for keeping the A-gap clean — it is the designed point of attack after all. All Price has to do is quickly read that the 3-technique is staying in his lane, and move up the the linebacker. He already has a clear path, he’s just gotta recognize the situation better next time.Price’s comeback was obviously a storyline that people had interest in, but my main takeaway from the game was how much left guard Clint Boling got abused in pass protection against the Saints interior defensive line. On this play, the Bengals don’t have any attractive options downfield for Dalton to throw to, and the Saints send a delayed blitz attacking the B-gap between Boling and Price.This could’ve been an example of the communication that Price and Boling need to re-establish after Price missed all that time due to injury. This next play on the other hand, well, it had nothing to do with miscommunication.I’ll admit it Carl Lawson Jersey , this was bittersweet to watch over and over again. I’m such a big Sheldon Rankins fan, who is the pass-rusher that completely rocked back Boling for the Saints’ fourth sack of the game. His process is what makes this bull rush go from okay to incredible, and even a seasoned vet in Boling sometimes takes the L. Talent will always win out, and Rankins has talent in spades.To be fair to Boling, he could also still be not quite 100 percent after exiting the previous game against the Buccaneers with a back injury. Regardless, Boling was out there, and the team expects better out of him. At the risk of dwelling too much on a game so embarrassingly lopsided, we’ll just stop it right here and start moving on to the next week. In specifics, the Bengals playing the Ravens this upcoming Sunday will be such a prime opportunity for the defensive line to get back on track. This will be the first time Marvin Lewis is calling the plays for the defensive in well over a decade, and he’ll do it against the team he was an acclaimed defensive coordinator for. He may also be game-planning to stop an electric rookie quarterback in Lamar Jackson, who could be making his first start of his career depending on starting quarterback Joe Flacco’s health. How Lewis is able to put the pressure on either quarterback will be huge in deciding if the Bengals will be staying above .500 by this time next week. Andy Dalton is a good NFL quarterback, but at what point should a team decide that good is not good enough?"In the last 16 years Tom Brady Tyler Boyd Jersey , Ben Roethlisberger, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Drew Brees, and Aaron Rodgers have combined to win 13 Super Bowls. All 6 players are sure-fire Hall of Famers, The other 3 Super Bowl winning quarterbacks in that time frame were Joe Flacco, Russell Wilson, and Nick Foles. All had great defenses and none repeated as champions. It is hard to win the big game without an elite trigger man, just ask the Bengals. Andy Dalton has been the man under center for Cincinnati since 2011 and while he has led the team to the playoffs, Dalton’s success has been largely dependent on what is around him. Dalton is capable of winning a Super Bowl if all other conditions are right, but he is not a quarterback who will make a team a serious contender year in and year out. Even with all the success he has had in Cincinnati, they should always be looking for that guy.So Nick Vigil Jersey , when is the right time to upgrade at the quarterback position?The answer to this question is simple: As soon as possible. Teams must be constantly looking to improve and this means seeking to upgrade at every position. The key is being right. If the Bengals see a franchise changing quarterback in this draft, they must move heaven and earth to get him. That is what the Kansas City Chiefs did with Patrick Mahomes. They saw him and moved up in the draft to get him, giving up a first round pick the next year to do it. That team was fine with Alex Smith at quarterback. He had taken them to the playoffs and likely would again, but Mahomes was a difference maker whose transcendent talent took the Chiefs to the next level in 2018. Sure they could have built around Smith, but they would have been depending on a lot more people and would not have had that one play maker to put them over the hump.As I said though, you better be right. The Arizona Cardinals are rumored to be moving on from Josh Rosen after only one season. If so it would be an oddity. In most cases drafting a first round quarterback is a commitment. Even if the player isn’t expected to start in year one, they will likely get the nod in year two. That was the case with Mahomes and Lamar Jackson. Both were drafted to teams with establish, but not world-beating quarterbacks, and in both cases, those established quarterbacks were sent packing a year later.So let’s say the Bengals made a move on a quarterback in Round 1, and they were wrong. A few things could happen. First, they may realize in his rookie season that he is not going to surpass Dalton immediately. So they don’t trade Dalton and their draftee continues to ride the pine. Dalton is now likely getting disgruntled Jake Fisher Jersey , but his career with the team has actually been extended, That is because the team will not look to draft a quarterback high in 2020 because they are invested in their 2019 first round pick as the future of their franchise (again Arizona could potentially be an exception). So now they missed on a QB in the 2019 Draft and missed out on a QB in the 2020 Draft. So should they make a move and draft a quarterback in the 2019. Yes, if...Yes, if they have identified a franchise changing quarterback. If they think the can get in a position to draft Oklahoma’s Kyler Murray, Ohio State’s Dwayne Haskins, or Missouri’s Drew Lock and they think that is the guy who will make this franchise a Super Bowl contender, than they absolutely have to do it even if that means giving up heavy draft capital over the next two years.If they don’t identify one of those three as that transcendent franchise altering player, then they should wait. They may look to take a quarterback later in the draft and possibly move up to get him. Buffalo’s Tyree Jackson, West Virginia’s Will Grier, and Boise State’s Brett Rypien. Maybe they believe one of these guys could be that transcendent player, but even if they don’t it is okay to take a flier on a guy after Round 1. Spending a 2nd or 3rd Round pick on one of these guys wouldn’t prevent them from entering the Tua Tagovailoa sweepstakes in 2020.So when is the right time to upgrade at quarterback? When you know you can.