Bengals sign Trae Waynes

[JerseyDD09]

(03-17-2020, 06:51 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: The Waynes/Dennard ranking different I imagine is largely based off of their age difference rather than where they actually were play-wise.

I also question if the Bengals will get the same out of Waynes as the Vikings (and Mike Zimmer) got out of him. Do you honestly want to bet that Lou Anarumo is going to get more out of a player than Mike Zimmer could? That concerns me a lot.

EDIT:  PFF has Dennard at a 72.2 grade for 2019, and Waynes at a 65.1 grade for 2019.  I just don't understand how $11m/yr was too much money for a LB for the Bengals, but they can give a mediocre starting CB $20m in year 1.

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Just seems like a marginal improvement in positions that weren't in dire need for improvements, for a whole lot of money that could have been better spent yesterday on OL and LB.

Neither of those guys are going to protect Joe Burrow, and neither of those guys are going to stop Ravens TEs and Lamar Jackson's scrambling.

The defense starts from the inside out against the run. If you have a hog in there eating up 2 guys along with Geno, it's going to be a tough day running inside on the Bengals next year.
And, maybe the Bengals coaches feel better about the O Line starting line up than you or we do? There is still other FA's out there in 2nd and 3rd tier, a cheaper OG that's probably going to be good competition for what they currently have; and then there's still the draft.