Aside from OL, what position group do the Bengals need most improvement?

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(12-06-2016, 05:23 PM)wolfkaosaun Wrote: MJ ranks 10th with Irving, Bosa, Hicks, Bennett, Hyder, Tuitt, Lawerence, Fowler, and Nunez-Rocher.

He has 4 run stuffs. The same amount as 34 other players. Including two safeties. Pat Sims and Geno Atkins have as many run stuffs as him.

Cool, 29 solo tackles isn't bad. But Dunlap has less solo tackles than him. So does that mean Dunlap is worse? Last year, Dunlap only had 37 solo tackles. Atkins only had 31 solo tackles.

MJ has two passes tipped.

Hurries are a fun stat. But MJ doesn't finish plays. He has 3 sacks this entire season. He hasn't caused any turnovers. Numerous times even when he has gotten pressure, he misses tackles or can't get the QB down.

To believe that we can't/shouldn't get an upgrade over MJ is absurd

THIS! I am not saying he's not starter material, just that his play is a dime a dozen. You can find a decent run stuffing RDE for probably about half the cost of what he's making. I compare him to a Robert Geathers, and think his pay should be close to that, but it's actually almost doubled. Johnson's contract is not obscene, but he cannot be cut this year or he would incur $5.4 million in dead money. Even after this year, he has a total of $3.4 million in guarantees remaining in his contract.

 
With that said, I am with Fred with that there are other areas we need to upgrade first.