Margus Hunt

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(03-06-2016, 12:14 PM)fredtoast Wrote: We tried Brooks at different positions, but even Mike Zimmer could get anything out of him.  He was a 3-4 OLB for the niners

Justin Smith had the exact same number of sacks (43.5) in the exact same number of years (7) with both the Bengals and Niners.

Steve Foley had one good season in his entire career.  He had 10 sacks for the Chargers when he was 29 and on his third team in three years.  His career was over a year later.  He didn't "flourish" anywhere.

And even if you want to nitpick about these guys the truth is that 4 examples over 2 decades is not exactly a huge trend.

Ahmad Brooks played rush end for the niners and did a pretty damn good job....much more productive than he was here.  I'm assuming you looked that up, but it didn't agree with your arguement or you would have posted them. The Bengals had to go so far as to draft Dontay Moch in Rd 3 to try and be a rush end for pass-rushing downs, and failed miserably.  Ditto the Chris Carter experiment.  

Justin Smith became a perennial Pro Bowler for the 49ers, and was touted by many as the best 3-4 end in the league....no one said that when he was in Cincy. 

Steve Foley was given a chance in SD that he never got here and had a breakout year.  He was shot by a police officer and was never the same after that.  

Just how many examples do you need?  It isn't like they draft from this position group every year.  Those were guys the Bengals had for some time that did better elsewhere after they left.

The OP said "several" and I gave several examples.