01-06-2019, 01:07 PM
(01-06-2019, 12:48 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I'm not going to claim that 2nd year players don't emerge every year, because they do. What I will propose is the idea that maybe those guys were just good football players to begin with, and simply had to wait their turn behind better talent? I'm not sure that it can be argued that Jefferson is a really good football player who was simply waiting his turn to get into the game. Did you see the LB crew that the Bengals fielded this season? They kept putting Hardy Nickerson Jr. out there, and even gave him the helmet radio..
When Marvin assumed the role of DC for the rest of the season; I wonder if he asked himself why his 3rd round LB, with phenomenal physical attributes, wasn't getting any action during a season that was obviously going nowhere?
Tyler Boyd seems to be doing alright after almost no production his first 2 seasons, the NFL game is different than college, some players just need a little more time to learn it. he didn't win big12 player of the year for no reason, he has the tools just needs guidance to use them. Not to mention under marvin we didn't have the best track record for developing LBs
