11-11-2021, 01:07 AM
(11-10-2021, 07:35 PM)fredtoast Wrote: There is no way you can compare the level of the guys we signed when Marvin arrived to the free agents we have signed over the last two years.
John Thornton was was a highly rated free agent for the Bengals, but nothing compared to Reader or Hendrickson.
Tory James and Nate Webster were decent players but they were not even starters when we signed them.
Delthea O'Neal was a hell of a good player, but even he was in the doghouse on the bench when we traded for him.
I don't care what they did before we got them. That amounts to a hill of beans. What matters is they were good players, and we landed them. I'd say Zac got better d-linemen, but Marv got better corners.
Either way, the Bengals did splurge to completely reshape that defense.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
