04-14-2023, 08:14 PM
(04-14-2023, 02:44 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: ...I still want us to extend the Gravedigger too man. This guy single handedly
shut down the run game of opposing Offenses last year in huge games. I don't know if we make it to the Super Bowl or the AFCC without
him in all those close games.
We dont make it to the Super Bowl or AFCC without Reader. In the playoff game against Baltimore when we stuffed them at the goal line forcing Huntley to try and reach over top who do the fans think was in the middle of the D line preventing a big shove from Baltimore from pushing it in? Without Reader this team doesnt make it past Baltimore. You cant say we will just pickup someone else to take over that spot. Who are you going to get? There is nobody in the NFL that is as good as Reader stuffing the run game.
Do we also not remember the one big butt whooping we got this year? When Reader was injured and we had to face a good running team like Cleveland without Reader, they ran the ball for 172 yards and just destroyed the Bengals defense. That didnt happen the second game against Cleveland when Reader was back. Reader is a huge reason teams cant run the ball down our throat like Cleveland did the first game. Without Reader its much easier to do and the Bengals defense isnt as effective. We have to extend Reader. A 3 year extension shouldnt be too bad.
