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Message Board All-Time Bengal Team (MLB) - bfine32 - 06-17-2015
MLB (Pick 1)
BILL BERGEY
![[Image: 91W7-QXgE%2BL._SL1500_.jpg]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91W7-QXgE%2BL._SL1500_.jpg)
1 time AFC All Star
5 Year starter that was traded for two 1st Rd and one 2nd RD Pick
JIM LECLAIR
![[Image: 73953142-linebacker-jim-leclair-and-defe...ldLQ%3D%3D]](http://cache1.asset-cache.net/gc/73953142-linebacker-jim-leclair-and-defensive-back-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=GkZZ8bf5zL1ZiijUmxa7QWaSCKJ1jW0UNFfVSoRynIApTkCUUn9UAuWju7jyFfwhCdvXTO3TtqiwQd9OEXldLQ%3D%3D)
1 Time Pro Bowl
12 Year Bengal Career included 10 INTs and 10 Fumble Recoveries
CARL ZANDER
![[Image: 53d88500174c7e1edfefb0ebf17edd9872f583852.jpg]](http://foreverlivingdream.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/53d88500174c7e1edfefb0ebf17edd9872f583852.jpg)
94 Starts in 7 year Bengal Career
Starting ILB for Super Bowl XXIII
TAKEO SPIKES
![[Image: takeo-spikes-cincinnati-bengals-bengales...409506.jpg]](http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/takeo-spikes-cincinnati-bengals-bengales-lb-scanned-slide-46409506.jpg)
Lead the Team in Tackles as a Rookie
447 tackles, 14.5 Sacks in 5 Year Bengal Career
RE: Message Board All-Time Bengal Team (MLB) - rfaulk34 - 06-17-2015
(06-17-2015, 09:07 PM)bfine32 Wrote: MLB (Pick 1)
BILL BERGEY
1 time AFC All Star
5 Year starter that was traded for two 1st Rd and one 2nd RD Pick
JIM LECLAIR
1 Time Pro Bowl
12 Year Bengal Career included 10 INTs and 10 Fumble Recoveries
CARL ZANDER
94 Starts in 7 year Bengal Career
Starting ILB for Super Bowl XXIII
TAKEO SPIKES
Lead the Team in Tackles as a Rookie
447 tackles, 14.5 Sacks in 5 Year Bengal Career
JL was never flashy, but he was consistently solid for quite some time.
Gets my vote.
RE: Message Board All-Time Bengal Team (MLB) - Wyche'sWarrior - 06-17-2015
(06-17-2015, 09:12 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: JL was never flashy, but he was consistently solid for quite some time.
Gets my vote.
Yup.....
RE: Message Board All-Time Bengal Team (MLB) - Joe Pong - 06-17-2015
Tough call between Bergey and Leclair. Bergey may have been the better player but went with Leclair due to longevity. Plus, I tend to give tie-breakers to guys who were starters on the Super Bowl teams.
Going through this all-time team though, it's a little sad. Look at the DE, OLB, and MLB positions and how many total pro bowls do you have between all the candidates. Really shows how this has been an offensive franchise.
RE: Message Board All-Time Bengal Team (MLB) - Tiger Teeth - 06-17-2015
Not even close for me. Jim LeClair!
RE: Message Board All-Time Bengal Team (MLB) - Yojimbo - 06-18-2015
My vote goes to Brian Simmons, but for the poll I picked Leclair.
RE: Message Board All-Time Bengal Team (MLB) - Goalpost - 06-18-2015
http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/where-are-they-now-bill-bergey/
Nice story on Bergey, who i voted for.
LeClair would be a good choice also though.
RE: Message Board All-Time Bengal Team (MLB) - Stormborn - 06-18-2015
Takeo Spikes' neck
RE: Message Board All-Time Bengal Team (MLB) - fredtoast - 06-18-2015
Bergy was arguably the best defensive player in the entire league.
Seriosly, how many of the guys on that list couold we trade for two first round picks plus a second round pick? And that was in the days before free agency when draft picks were so much more valuable.
RE: Message Board All-Time Bengal Team (MLB) - Wyche'sWarrior - 06-18-2015
It was a very tough call between Bergey and LeClair for me. Overall careers, I would say Bergey, but he just wasn't a Bengal long enough...although I did go with Bacon, and he wasn't a Bengal long enough either, so......lol. This one was really a toss up for me.
RE: Message Board All-Time Bengal Team (MLB) - OSUfan - 06-18-2015
I went with JL but I guess I never realized how weak we have been over the years at MLB. Hell you could probably make a decent argument that Dhani meant as much to the teams he was on as any of the candidates did.
RE: Message Board All-Time Bengal Team (MLB) - 3wt - 06-18-2015
Bergey - the guy was a stud
Can you name the 3 players we got (drafted) for him?
RE: Message Board All-Time Bengal Team (MLB) - bfine32 - 06-18-2015
(06-18-2015, 06:31 PM)OSUfan Wrote: I went with JL but I guess I never realized how weak we have been over the years at MLB. Hell you could probably make a decent argument that Dhani meant as much to the teams he was on as any of the candidates did.
We have been pretty poor at all the LB spots and really the front 7 in general. I think Burfict/Geno have already been to more Pro Bowls/ Named All Pro more than any other Bengal on the front 7 (Krumrie might be tied)
RE: Message Board All-Time Bengal Team (MLB) - fredtoast - 06-18-2015
(06-18-2015, 07:43 PM)3wt Wrote: Bergey - the guy was a stud
Can you name the 3 players we got (drafted) for him?
I believe Wilson Whitley and Ross Browner were the two first round picks.
Ray Griffen was the second rounder.
RE: Message Board All-Time Bengal Team (MLB) - bfine32 - 06-18-2015
(06-18-2015, 07:43 PM)3wt Wrote: Bergey - the guy was a stud
Can you name the 3 players we got (drafted) for him?
Has to be more than what we got for Lamar Parrish AND Coy Bacon.
RE: Message Board All-Time Bengal Team (MLB) - fredtoast - 06-18-2015
(06-18-2015, 08:05 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Has to be more than what we got for Lamar Parrish AND Coy Bacon.
Alexander the Great
RE: Message Board All-Time Bengal Team (MLB) - Shake n Blake - 06-18-2015
Why is TKO third in voting? I thought we had too many young voters in some of the other polls?
RE: Message Board All-Time Bengal Team (MLB) - XenoMorph - 06-19-2015
(06-18-2015, 08:14 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Why is TKO third in voting? I thought we had too many young voters in some of the other polls?
If more of his career had been spent here he might have it locked down