Worst to First???

[HarleyDog]

(03-20-2020, 12:30 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Last year we had the worst defense in football. With the moves we know they have already made, could this be one of, if not THE best defense this year? DJ Reader, Geno Atkins, Carlos Dunlap and Sam Hubbard has to be one of the scariest Defensive lines in the league. And  withe Zimmer's Corners we have improved the defensive backfield, which 2 years ago was rated 6th or 7th in the league? We know Pratt was coming into his own towards the end of last season and figuring it out. If they can grab a decent linebacker or two to cover the middle of the field, I don't know why this couldn't be the best unit in the league this coming season.

Now, add in an offensive line that we already know is being improved by  the addition of Williams and the big Samoan, and a once in a decade QB being drafted in (and hopefully a Dalton for Thuney trade)..... I just can't help but feel it is finally the Bengals' time once again. IF we can just keep the injury bug away.

Awesome stuff. I hope they keep striving to get better in FA. If they do, we could be good next year and even better the following. As for injuries, as much as I hate to say it, how much of our injuries in the past may have been faked up up-played because the players weren't that into it? Maybe didn't want to end their careers here? Maybe none, but it does happen. As bad as the injury bug has hit us the last few seasons, one is left to wonder.