03-08-2016, 10:21 AM
(03-07-2016, 11:04 PM)SHRacerX Wrote: 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.
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.
Just how many examples do you need? It isn't like they draft from this position group every year.
1. I looked up Brooks and everything I found said he played OLB
2. The original comment was about coaching up players to rush the passer, so the fact that Smith had just as many sacks per year with the Bengals as he did with the Niners proves nothing.
3.. How many examples do I need? More than 4 in 20 years. In fact you mentioned Alfred Williams when in fact Williams had more 9+ sack season in four years with the Bengals than he did in five years with other teams. So don't know how you can consider that a strike against the Bengals.
And if just one 10 sack season by Foley is considered "thriving" to you. Then what about the fact that Dunlap had 13.5 in one season for the Bengals, and Michael Johnson had 11.5, and Geathers had 10.5, Justin Smith had his career high in sacks (8.5) with the Bengals, Alfred Williams had seasons of 10 and 9.5, John Copeland had 9, Reinard Wilson had 9, Danny Stubbs had 9.
