05-23-2021, 11:34 PM
The Bengals were coming off of a season of missed tackles and poor run defense overall. Waynes was part of the agenda of pouring money into that specific need with Reader, Bell and Bynes. They front loaded his deal out of need short term and long term with WJIII in a contract year.
Neither is a #1 guy, those are rare. Reality is they don't have a #1 but manufactured a solid secondary. You have possibly the top FS and Nickle in the game. Awuzie is a buy low possible bargain coming off a weird year. Bell plays his role well, Phillips is a fringe starter as your dimeback and Wilson and Allen are descent safeties.
I actually respect how they built the secondary thought the Waynes move was suspect even pre injury. They need the pass rush to improve, LB's to grow and help put the DB's in position to make plays.
Neither is a #1 guy, those are rare. Reality is they don't have a #1 but manufactured a solid secondary. You have possibly the top FS and Nickle in the game. Awuzie is a buy low possible bargain coming off a weird year. Bell plays his role well, Phillips is a fringe starter as your dimeback and Wilson and Allen are descent safeties.
I actually respect how they built the secondary thought the Waynes move was suspect even pre injury. They need the pass rush to improve, LB's to grow and help put the DB's in position to make plays.
