Bengals Starting Defense ranked 2nd Oldest in NFL

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(01-12-2017, 02:18 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: There is a perception among fans that the Bengals have a young team on the rise...but that isn't reality any more. After 5 years of playoffs...our core has aged.

Peko, MJ, Dansby, Maualuga, and Jones are all guys getting up there in age and declining.

It's a lot of starters to replace in 1 year.

This is what happens when draft picks like Hunt, Clarke, Thompson, Still, Hardison, Dawson, Dennard, etc. haven't panned out (yet at least).