Defensive Facelift

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(05-02-2021, 10:45 AM)bengaloo Wrote: This is Lou's year for sure. We've put a lot of new players and money in FA into the defense and have added some very promising players. If the D sucks again, Lou will be gone no doubt.

But I think the D will make big strides. They had flashes at times last year and Lou had some pretty good game plans, but too many distractions and injuries held it all back. We were signing guys off the streets to play DL, and Dunlap not wanting to be anything but a 4-3 DE hurt us because he wasnt playing hard and didnt want to be here. Atkins was hurt, Reader got hurt, Hubbard got hurt, Waynes never even played. It was just an ugly year for the D and especially the DL.

Hendrickson, Ossai and Sample should add a lot to the pass rush which is the biggest need on D. They all have great ability but they also seem to want to play here unlike Dunlap last season. Love the Ossai and Sample picks. Both of those guys could be really good. Lots of upside.

Agree with what you say.  I think Hendrickson will be a huge contributor that we look to as our playmaker on the Edge.  I would expect the rookies to be slowly rotated in as they learn and develop, unless of course they are pressed into service due to injury.

Here's a look at the latest Bengals post-draft defensive depth chart.

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LDE
94
Hubbard, Sam 18/3
00
Sample, Cameron 21/4
91
Bledsoe, Amani SF20
92
Akinmoladun, Freedom SF19

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NT
98
Reader, DJ U/Hou
00
Shelvin, Tyler 21/4
91
Tupou, Josh CF17




RDT
00
Ogunjobi, Larry U/Cle
76
DANIELS, MIKE SF20
69
McKenzie, Kahlil SF20




RDE
00
Hendrickson, Trey U/NO
90
Kareem, Khalid 20/5
95
Wren, Renell 19/4




DPR
00
Ossai, Joseph 21/3
00
Hubert, Wyatt 21/7






LB
59
Davis-Gaither, Akeem 20/4
51
Bailey, Markus 20/7






LB
57
Pratt, Germaine 19/3
50
Evans, Jordan 17/6






LB
55
Wilson, Logan 20/3
47
Jones, Keandre SF20






CB
23
Phillips, Darius 18/5
00
Apple, Eli SF21
30
Davis, Jalen SF20
39
Rose, Winston SF19


SS
24
Bell, Vonn U/NO
41
Henderson, Trayvon CF18






FS
30
Bates III, Jessie 18/2
40
Wilson, Brandon 17/6






CB
00
Awuzie, Chidobe U/Dal
00
Allen, Ricardo CC/Atl
27
Brown, Tony W/GB
33
Lewis Jr., Donnie SF20


NB
26
Waynes, Trae U/Min
00
Hilton, Mike U/Pit

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