Bene' Benwikere

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(02-14-2017, 06:35 PM)eoxyod Wrote: More than okay with him signing. He has some talent and we have great DB coaching. He'll at least compete for the last CB spot. After doing a solid job as a slot corner, he was thrust on the outside and getting a ton of snaps after the Panthers let their entire secondary disappear. Then after Julio's near record breaking day Bene got scapegoated and lost a lot of confidence. See now this is a good flyer pickup

I would have echoed this when we HAD Vance Joseph as the secondary coach, or even when Zim was still here.  According to Eric Thomas, former Bengals who had attended a number of practices last year, the return of Kevin Coyle saw a decrease in focus and more "clowning around" in practice than ever before.  He said in particular that in the past, Vance would have never tolerated that and that every pass had to be defensed.  Those observations sure proved true at the start of the season.  

That being said, I have no problem bringing him in to push guys like WJIII and Dennard.  I still think they sign Dre K. Maybe then, they would finally release Adam Jones.  

For all the folks claiming we need to sign Zeitler, although I disagree with that sentiment, this would free up quite a bit of money for the next three years that could go toward that...and roll with the young guys.  Or sign Amukamura....I would be fine with either option, so long as Jones is no longer on the team.