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(09-13-2021, 10:03 AM)Sled21 Wrote: That's mentality my friend. The mentality brought here by the likes of Vonn Bell, Trey Hendrickson, Mike Hilton and Jessie Bates. There is no quit in these guys. We've all seen Bengals defenses under Marvin that would have folded after the 4th down failure and resulting change of momentum. Not this one, Bengals Defense is going to be the talk of the NFL in the next few weeks. When Waynes comes out and replaces Apple, it will only be better. And for those who lamented getting rid of Lawson, while I liked Carl, I predicted he would be injured this year and Hendrickson is as advertised.... He was a complete beast yesterday.

I think Lawson could have been a part of this group, as he seemed to be a team-guy (but as you pointed out, was oft-injured and Hendrickson is a durable as a clydesdale.   But your overall point is dead on.

I will add that eliminating guys like Dunlap and maybe even WJIII (who quickly fired shots at the organization when he left), has left a group of guys that are dialed in to winning and have that relentless motor.  

Defense was my biggest question mark heading in to this season, but that was a nice start to showing they are heading in the right direction.  

Even though Apple had a couple struggles, I feel a lot better with him and Phillips as the depth pieces compared to a year ago.