06-05-2016, 03:16 PM
(06-05-2016, 02:42 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: How have Hunt and Clarke been developed? They have been downright no shows.
Gilberry is gone who actually showed something while he was here. Freeney is one of the greatest DE's in NFL history
and would be great here in a rotation and just came of a 8 sack season playing in a 3-4 Defense in limited playing time
all the while missing a few games. In a 4-3 Defense on passing situations the guy could put this Defense over the top.
Right now i will say it. Freeney could help us get a SB win more than any other player.
MJ is not the pass rusher that Freeney is right now. Let alone Hunt, Clarke and Hardison.
My point was that at every position but DE the Bengals have brought young guys along every season. The coaches trust MJ, Dunlap, Atkins, and Peko so much that they have slammed on the breaks in terms of letting others play significant snaps. It's like a pitcher relying on one pitch instead of working the others.
Even if it gets lower quality results at first, the Bengals need to force themselves to play the young guys at some point or else they will be between a rock and a hard place at DE.
Freeney could be good or he could be ok. It's just a crappy spot to be in all around and it's the team's own fault. I think they need to bite the bullet and get production from the young guys they have. Or not, cut them and move on. Bringing in another guy goes straight to cut them and move on.
