Defensive Improvements

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(05-25-2021, 11:10 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: Hendrickson, Reader, Ogunjobi, Hubbard
                 Pratt, Wilson
Wayne’s, Bates, Bell, Hilton, Awuzie/Philips


We just might mess around and have a top D. It all starts up front. And up front we were a train wreck last year. I can’t blame Lou for all that. Our DL depth this year is serious. Our young LBs now have some experience and won’t be playing behind a patchwork DL with motivation /leadership issues. And our remade secondary is the icing on the cake and could end up being a top unit with our stud safety combo flanked by high quality veteran CBs

I doubt the unit will be Top 10, but if it's not Top 15, it shows the ineptitude of Anarumo.
The only two starters still around from the Marvin era are Bates and Hubbard (who wasn't a starter yet), both of whom were just drafted in 2018.
They added Reader, Ogunjobi, Hendrickson, Waynes, Hilton, Awuzie, and Bell in FA, plus Pratt and Wilson in the draft.

No more excuses for needing to get "your guys."