05-23-2022, 02:01 PM
(05-18-2022, 09:48 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: Don't want anything to do with Mr. "Pay me more based on one college tackle".
The kid from Coastal Carolina (Jeffrey Gunter) will be this year's Hodge...probably kill some poor third stringers in the preseason, and one guy I believe we are sleeping on is Khalid Kareem.
Kareem didn't get to perform at the combine or a pro day, and it caused him to fall to the Bengals in the 5th round. He was projected as a mid-round pick, and I read an article at the time that SF was very high on him.
He had a torn labrum his 9th game of his final year at ND, and played through it. He said he didn't realize it was torn, as he thought it was just sore. Tough guy to play through that. He had the surgery and ended up a Bengal.
He had a really nice game against Denver (helped win it, basically) and had a PFF score of 94 that game, but left with a concussion. Two weeks later, in the game he got the most snaps of his career, against the Browns (with a lot of backups around him) he scored an 84 on PFF.
I think he is big enough to rotate inside on some pass rush snaps, and the Bengals could use that flexibility.
Hoping he and Ossai are both healthy and major contributors this season. The entire defense gets better if Hendrickson and Hubbard aren't out there every snap.
I think we could keep 11 on the DL. I could also see cutting Shelvin if he does not progress this year and keep a vet on the PS for the 5th DT (Daniels).
Starters: Hendrickson, Reader, Hill, Hubbard.
Reserve locks: Ossai, Carter, Tupou
Inside Track: Kareem, C. Sample, Shelvin.
In with a shot: Hubert, Gunter, Spence, Tisdale.
