05-27-2021, 12:51 PM
(05-26-2021, 03:04 PM)ochocincos Wrote: 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."
I see two guys, maybe three if Hendrikson isn't an one season wonder, on that D I'd consider above average, top 15 at their position type guys.
The others aren't bad players but if that D is pushing top 10 then the Bengals should be making a deep play-off run and Anarumo should be getting Head Coach interviews.
Compare it to the O - where there's a no.1 overall QB; Chase, Higgins and Boyd at WR; Mixon at RB; a top 12 pick at OT in Jonah Williams. Now that's a unit that should be top 15.
