Scharping re-signed

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(03-21-2023, 04:04 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Hill is more athletic that Bates. 

Scott and Anderson are WAY more athletic than Bell. 

We got faster, younger, and cheaper at Safety. The ceiling is higher but the floor is lower. We lost a lot of experience. Scott started the Rams SB run in the POs (picking off Brady and clobbering Samuel in the POs) and last year. Hill has never started. That is 1 year of starting exp. There will likely be some mistakes early. 

But Bates was only good every other regular season. He was fantastic in the SB run POs but only "meh" in the POs last year. And let's not forget Bell's stupid penalty in the SB that offset a holding penalty on the final drive for LA. It's not like Bates & Bell were flawless. They were good, not great. 

The S class is pretty weak. TE, DE, CB, and RB are far deeper. I could see two at TE or RB. DT, OT, IOL, and WR also possible. P as well. I'd put safety, LB, and QB at the bottom of the list. Not impossible, but unlikely. 

Even if the safety performance declines some, that's probably to be expected.
You would think (or hope) the Bengals are investing more into other positions to help compensate potentially lower quality safety play.