2017 Bengal Defense Strategies and Plans

[SunsetBengal]

(01-11-2017, 07:32 PM)wolfkaosaun Wrote: My biggest issue is he talked about age and production. That he likes veterans but they have to produce. Then he talks about wanting Peko back. That's the complete opposite of what he just said he wanted.

He had 37 total tackles.....that's it. No sacks. No Fumbles. No recoveries. And you can tell he's struggled.

Sure. Atkins has around the same amount of tackles. But you SEE him make plays. You SEE him disrupt plays.

When you see Peko, what are you more likely to see? Him make a play? Or him being pushed back one on one?

Love Peko. Great guy. But it's time to move on.

From reading the interview, I couldn't hear the voice inflection during his responses.  However, he carried himself well, or at least I thought.  I read a guy that had to tow the company line, but subtly inserted his own thoughts.  Kind of like when asked about Peko, he gave the career Bengal player his obligatory respect, yet quickly brushed to the next item.  I felt like he softly expressed his wishes/intentions of making the defense a little younger, letting the younger guys actually earn their spots.  I particularly liked how he threw in a quip from his convo with Burfict during the CFB NC Game, with Burfict expressing that "we'd like to have a few of these guys".

Maybe I'm reading it all wrong, but I got a good feel from it, and feel like Guenther would have said more if it were totally up to him.