07-24-2022, 11:19 PM
(07-24-2022, 11:00 PM)J24 Wrote: Well forgetting to mention that said player had an All pro season the year before and was rated a 90 during the playoff run in which the Bengals made the Superbowl.
Also by most accounts both Hill and Anderson (the safeties we drafted) will not be suitable replacements for Bates next season. Anderson is more of a Box Safety like Bell and Hill is more of a Nickle Back( think Charles Woodson in GB, Ronde Barber, or Malcolm Jenkins). We very well could be drafting a free Safety early next season to replace Bates.
Hill was a decent Nickel back at UM last year and projects to S in the NFL since that is his better position by far. He was forced into playing out of place as the nickel back at Michigan last season.. Multiple podcasts with Bengals personell directors who scouted and worked on the draft had them talking about Hill bekng a versatile piece in general, bjt that they saw him as primarily a S and he could play either.
He can play either S spot and fill in as the 3rd db is needed.
I absolutely did mention that Bates can be avg, good, or great. That pretty much covers his long ago 2019 season, 2020, and 2021 into the playoffs, yes?
He is inconsistent, yet wants paid as if he is great all the time. I am not big on that. It rarely, if ever, works out.
