Biggest problem with defense this season

[*bengalfan74*]

(12-27-2018, 08:40 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: It's not that Geno and Dunlap were playing badly it's more that our NT and other side of line weren't great or sporadic at best.

If QBs were making first read throws and quick underneath stuff all of the time you might have a point.

Like another poster said there were times when QBs had time to make more reads and stand flat footed.

That's not good.

No doubt our Lbers are bad but they were glaring with the lack of pressure.

You're right.  It all goes hand in hand though.  You could even reverse that logic to say our CBs are being abused because of it.  Our bad LBers look even worse.

It just needs to be acknowledged that out front 4 as a unit need improvement.

Right ! It's not that Geno and Carlos are bad, it's been that everything else has been broken the bulk of the time.

Constant zone coverage that vet QB's can pick apart. DB's all out of sorts first half of season. Sporadic pressure from the other players. Little to no blitzing, no disguise, little to no stunting. Just a perfect storm of failure.

Having said all of that our front four didn't have a lot of success on any kind of regular basis.

I still believe the thing we need the most is a dominant nose tackle. Everything else will get better if we can get that.