Vontaze Burfict

[Essex Johnson]

(03-18-2019, 01:49 AM)samhain Wrote: It's pure conjecture on my part, but I wonder what kind of impact his presence had on the DC search.  It took 7 tries to get a guy in here and by the time they did, it was some slapnuts named Anarumo that I would guess 80 percent of people here had never even heard of.  

I wonder if other candidates said that Tez needed to go if they took the job.  55 was bad and largely unavailable last season.  We all sat and fantasized about how great this team was gonna be when he came back from suspension and they were 3-1.  The defense looked rough, but just wait til 55 is back, I tell ya!  

Well, we waited, but the player we anticipated never materialized, save for the extracurricular antics.  When he did get into games, he was in and out, more often out.  I wonder if his lack of discipline combined with the family's unwillingness to part with him played a role in no DC wanting to touch this job, despite several nice pieces in place.

to try assert that getting a DC coach was harder because of Burfict you have nothing behind that.  We also did not have 7 interviews for DC job, so most of the names mentioned in the search would not even know what the Bengals were thinking for next year since they did not interview.  The organization took a chance on him coming out of college and it worked out at times but with his issues,talent fading and his physical play cut up with him plus contract hit, we let him go