ESPN. Bengals on the Rise

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(04-11-2020, 12:26 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Hmm, I'm going to have to disagree with your opinion here.  Bell is a significant upgrade to the Safety position, Waynes has a proven knack for getting INTs and is still a rising player, Alexander is basically a push compared to Dennard but a bit younger.  The difference is that they are replacing 1st round picks by the Bengals, save for Billings (4th round), but these guys were all drafted in later rounds than the guys that they're replacing, yet they have developed into better, more productive players already.

Don't be sentimental when judging football talent.

Williams and Bell are the same exact player good run stuffing Box safeties, Wayne's is a better run defender than Kirkpatrick but Kirkpatrick was better against the pass, and I agree that Alexander and Dennard are pushes. I would actually say Alexander is a better bet because he is younger. For the thousandth time Billings wasn't a bad player for us at all in fact he was actually good. Yes Reader is better but we would have been fine at the NT position with Billings and Topu.
I don't think we got worse but we didn't get better. It would have been better if we addressed our biggest need in a true 3 down LB.