03-17-2024, 09:28 PM
(03-17-2024, 08:59 PM)Joelist Wrote: Alas we just don't know what is going on right now, and the FO is really tight lipped so until they want people to know we won't know.
If you look at Free Agency so far in terms of the issues that killed us last season it has been pretty effective. Moss directly speaks to poor pass protection from RB as well as Mixon's inability to make the first defender miss or break the first tackle - we went from the worst YAC starting RB to one in the upper tier for that - advanced stats reveal a lot. Stone and Bell both speak to the single biggest issue on defense - explosive plays caused by defenders out of alignment, bad angles, missing assignments. Our secondary got a big injection of savvy, IQ and leadership. Rankins gives us the 3T pass rush tandem back we've lacked since Ogunjobi left. Even Gesicki fills a gap, namely a mismatch out of the slot. We're basically nervous right now because no NT or RT have been signed yet. I'm sure we will do so - just gotta chill a bit.
Pretty wild. I guess they are being extra cautious.
on the free agency tracker on their own page
https://www.bengals.com/team/free-agent-tracker
They still don't list Rankins or Irwin. Like they are waiting until they actually put pen to paper or something.
