{"id":15530,"date":"2025-02-26T23:06:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T23:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=15530"},"modified":"2025-02-26T23:06:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T23:06:58","slug":"scott-peters-emphasizes-key-part-of-offensive-line-to-develop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=15530","title":{"rendered":"Scott Peters Emphasizes Key Part of Offensive Line to ‘Develop’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CINCINNATI \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>Bengals offensive line coach Scott Peters led with the guard play that needs to improve in his comments to the media on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Cincinnati had arguably the worst pair of guards in the NFL last season\u00a0rolling\u00a0out Cordell Volson and Alex Cappa.<\/p>\n

“At guard, you know, you got Cordell at left guard. So\u00a0we’re\u00a0looking to find some developmental tools to get his game up a little bit,”\u00a0Peters stated at the NFL Combine.\u00a0“And with right guard, Cappa, just looking\u00a0look\u00a0at some of those things we can get better at as far as protection goes, because the biggest thing is trying to keep Joe [Burrow] healthy and safe and upright back there.\u00a0So\u00a0we’re\u00a0targeting that area big time\u00a0as far as development goes.”<\/p>\n

Some players can develop in their later NFL years, and some\u00a0can’t. Cincinnati may not have time to find out with this rough duo.<\/p>\n

According to PFF, Cappa finished last among all NFL guards in pressures (51), hurries (36), and sacks allowed (eight, tied with\u00a0Houston’s\u00a0Shaq Mason) this past season.<\/p>\n

Volson\u00a0wasn’t\u00a0much better than Cappa, he\u00a0actually ranked second in total pressures allowed among guards (43) and gave up six sacks (t-third worst). Both spots are worthy of new talents in 2025.<\/p>\n

“There are things you can do, but\u00a0there’s\u00a0limitations to that,”\u00a0Peters said about developing veterans.\u00a0“It depends on the strength level to build\u00a0kind\u00a0of the size, and really the tools that they have.\u00a0That’s\u00a0what\u00a0we’re\u00a0targeting,\u00a0because there are ways to improve that, for sure, but some guys are just going to have more firmness than others, just as far as anchor goes, but certainly,\u00a0there’s\u00a0always something you can do to help achieve that as it relates to technique.”<\/p>\n

Both have flashed nice play at times in Cincinnati\u00a0but\u00a0Cappa is entering his eighth season\u00a0and\u00a0Volson is looking at the last year of his rookie deal.<\/p>\n