03-14-2024, 06:49 PM
(03-14-2024, 06:31 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: No, I act like Lou has been given more in FA talent than literally any other coach in Bengals history on either side of the ball and has managed to be below average in 4 of his 5 seasons as DC, and they still keep spending high draft picks and FA $ on him. So saying he gets no respect from the FO is bizarre.
When Lou had Hendrickson, Ogunjobi, Hill, Bell and Bates the team rode the defense to the Super Bowl. Since that time the Bengals let Ogunjobi leave, let Bates leave, let Bell leave then let Reader leave to save money. You cant let talent like that leave and replace it with guys like Dax Hill, Nick Scott, Teair Tart??? and claim you are giving Lou a bunch of talent. The Bengals have mostly signed a bunch of "value" guys for Lou to work with. When Lou had more talent to work with, the defense made it to the Super Bowl and AFC Championship. Dont expect him to work miracles with "value" signings and mediocre draft picks.
