Can we just take a step back and look at the roster?

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(03-15-2019, 02:07 PM)Bengals731 Wrote: b]Defense
DL: Still IMO the strongest position group on the team - you've got Atkins* and Dunlap*, and then young guys who have shown potential like Hubbard*, Willis*, and Lawson*. Andrew Billings* was graded as the most improved player on the team last year.

If this is the strongest group , they didn’t show it last year. I don’t disagree with you but they didn’t play great last year. Lawson getting hurt was unfortunate but he was struggling before the injury. Dunlap didn’t get enough pressure on the QB and Atkins struggled in the second half of the season. Hard for some CBs to cover that long every play, We need pass rushers. A good pass rush makes everyone look better , a bad one makes them look worse. We need to take a pass rusher at 11..

1. Yes he did (by far, he did).
2. No he didn't (sacks weren't there, everything else was).

Stop looking at sacks and look at the full body of work.

Not to mention that both are among the best at their positions, for stopping the run.

John Copeland and Geathers are NEVER brought up as being good DEs for their teams, strictly based on the fact that they didn't have gawdy sack numbers.

Yet, when it came to stopping the run, they were among the best at their position.

Its not a 1 dimensional game.