Argument for and against Sewell.

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(12-10-2020, 02:24 AM)JerseyDD09 Wrote: Okay, I'll take this step by step AGAIN since you didn't read my post correctly! (I highlighted it up above for you again to help you follow along). The point I was trying to make that you clearly missed is that our starting Day 1 DL never got a change to play 1 snap together, much more even 1 game. I don't care about Reader and Daniels playing a few games together.

1. How good do you think the DL would've been with a HEALTHY----- Lawson/Hubbard   Daniels   Reader  Atkins  Dunlap??  (And, solid subs Tupou and Wren who never played a down this year)

2. You are 100% wrong on Atkins. Where are you getting your information from?? Haven't you been watching all year long??? He couldn't even play the 1st several games b/c he hurt his shoulder the last scrimmage before Week 1; and, it hasn't healed since, and he'll need minor surgery on it after the year. The DC is doing him a favor by letting him play 3rd Downs hoping he can put pressure on the QB!            

3. So, you're telling me that Waynes, who was the Starting #1 DB for MIKE ZIMMER, and who the Bengals spent 45 Mill on, isn't a #1 CB for us or this League? So, now Jpoore knows better than NFL Scouts and Zimmer, etc.....????               

Some of the stuff you say is just straight ridiculous man.

I don't have confidence Atkins will get back to his old form.
In 2019, Atkins played 16 games.
He only amounted to 4.5 sacks and 20 total pressures.


For comparison, 2018 with Austin/Lewis: 16 games, 10 sacks, 35 total pressures

So do I think this injury this year is affecting him? Sure.
But do I think he'd be an 8+ sack guy if he were not dealing with the injury? Probably not. At least not in Anarumo's defense.

Also, you list something that I think should have been done but was basically never done (that I recall seeing anyway)...
The Bengals should be rushing 5 far more than they have been. Sending Reader, Atkins/Daniels, Dunlap, Hubbard, and Lawson should generate a good pass rush. But they ran off Dunlap, Reader only played 5 games, and Atkins missed 4 out of the 5 games that Reader played in.

Daniels isn't really much of anything btw. If Dunlap were still here and all the DL were healthy, Daniels would be riding the bench if it were my decision.
Here are his pressures the past 3 seasons:
2018 (GB) - 14
2019 (DET) - 3
2020 (CIN) - 1

As for Trae Waynes, I don't believe he was CB1 in MIN. I thought that was Rhodes. Waynes just finished his rookie contract before coming to the Bengals.
If looking at PFF, Waynes really wasn't impressive. His highest PFF rating was 70.6 (2017). Every other season has been in the 60's.
William Jackson has outperformed Waynes' best rating multiple times. 2017 (90.2), 2018 (73.4), and this year (71.5).

So yes, Trae Waynes is really not a CB1, at least not a good one. WJ3 is more deserving.