AFC North Defenses: 2015

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(07-07-2015, 11:50 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Not really an excuse. Our secondary consisted of Webb and Smith. Webb was out for one game and Smith was out for another. With the Ravens filling in those missing spots with practice squad caliber corners, the Bengals took advantage of that. The front 7 shut down the run, so they exploited a secondary that was missing key pieces.

Same reason we lost in the playoffs to the Patriots. We had half of a secondary.

Hill also wasn't getting the majority of the carries yet in either Ravens game (4 and 10 attempts), so what will they do now when he's just ramming the ball down their throats?

Had 100+ yard games against Denver, Pittsburgh, and Houston (Houston was only 87, but that's close enough considering he only had 18 carries), all of which were top 10 rushing defenses, so how do you think he'll do with a full NFL offseason of conditioning in him, as well as being more used to the NFL and the playbook?

Point is that you'll likely need to bring another safety into the box, but then how do you cover Eifert and Kroft up the seams, as well as having at least one other player to have extra coverage on AJ?