Goodberry did analysis of the defense - not pretty

[RegularGuy22]

(11-15-2023, 12:28 PM)casear2727 Wrote: Bates gave up both TDs in the AFCCG.  His last 2 years were not awesome and he was not a ball hawk.  Dax is the natural progression from a very high priced vet at a low value position.  They wanted Bell and looking only at this season is short sighted as the problem with Bell's contract is a 9M hit next year which is bad timing.  Scott has been terrible and Bell certainly would be much better but this is the NFL and every team has these personnel issues.

Yes and other teams seem to overcome losing key players. Bates and Bell aren't the only quality DB's in the league.