Brandon Thompson

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(08-22-2017, 01:25 PM)RoyleRedlegs Wrote: Most of those sack leaders can play 3 downs. 
It's an old school mentality that most of the league has avoided the last few years. Teams have been trending towards smaller better bending edge rushers, we haven't. 

It's not about size, it's about skills. 
Neither Clarke nor Hunt were ever good vs the run. 
It's just a weird thing they have for size at that spot because it worked with Johnson and Dunlap and then with Fanene and Rucker. 
That was lightning in a bottle but they treated it like a golden rule. 

Im just glad they have finally made the call and added guys like Lawson and Willis. It's about time. There was the Moch experiment but they gave up on that quicker than anything. 

Exactly. That's why I've been so critical of the team in recent past. They seem to cling to an outdated philosophy that simply is not good enough in today's NFL.
It seems Marvin Lewis especially clings to the team he coached back when he won a Super Bowl with the Ravens....which was 16 years ago!
The NFL has evolved a lot since then. It's time the Bengals catch up.