02-10-2019, 02:03 PM
(02-10-2019, 12:12 PM)BengalChris Wrote: I'm not sure who those lot of people were. Gunther turned out to be a better DC who was available last year and we already had him.
My point really was that Dre's judgement in these matters hasn't been very good. He also said Marvin wasn't going anywhere.
A lot of Bengals fans viewed Austin to be a massive upgrade over Guenther because he was "aggressive" in terms of letting the secondary fly around which led to a lot of takeaways even if it meant getting burnt on defense. And that partially turned out to be true, as Bates and Williams totaled for 7 interceptions when Austin was leading the defense. Guenther ended up being better in the end, yes, but no one thought Austin would be that bad either. Just like we all think Pleasant and Florida's DC would instantly come in and be good coaches here.
Also, no one believed Marvin was going anywhere until it actually happened. Not trying to be fredtoast when it comes to playing devil's advocate but out of all things we can crap on Dre, that's probably at the bottom of the list.
