12-24-2023, 05:48 PM
(12-23-2023, 09:50 PM)Housh Wrote: Last year we gave up only 20ppg, Falcons 23 ppg.
This year the only team worst than us is the Commanders
Last year we were 6th in the league in points allowed.
Falcons so far are the 10th best D in the league in regards to yards allkwed
He went over there and changed the makeup of their D immediately
Someone in Cincy doesn’t know football
It’s all about Bates and Bell
Those are the only positions that had wholesale changes. Same exact d line, same linebackers, and only lost Eli Apple at CB.
It’s not a hard drawn out explanation. It’s easy.
We have Bates and Bell and we probably have a top 10
D again.
This decision has turned out to be the dumbest shit we’ve done transaction wise since Zac got here
Lol, geez.
Bates had 1 interception in his 4th season, along with 3 pass breakups, Dax had more of both in his first 8 games. Bates never had more than 3 INTs until last year when he had 4. The revisionist history that Bates was a great ballhawk we let walk is crazy. He also led the team in missed tackles. He also gave up both TDs in the AFCCG. Bates is a good player, but we would be stupid to pay a safety 16M per with this roster.
This amateur take that Bates was a combination of Ed Reed and Troy Polamalu is so amateur.
The dline and LB play have been much worse than the safeties after Battle replaced Scott.
