Al Golden's Defense

[SunsetBengal]

(Yesterday, 01:37 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: And again... it's a whole lot easier to turn it around if you already have a few talented players as a basis of your turnaround to go with those 7 new starters.

The Eagles already had an All-Pro CB and Pro Bowl DE/OLB from 2023 that carried over to their 2024 bounce-back. 

Right, it's much easier to rebuild a platoon when you have a cornerstone player or two to build around.

[J24]

(Yesterday, 03:12 PM)Bengalbug Wrote: So no one here thinks that the DC has any reflection on improvement on defense?  

Chargers… the list goes on.

Can we improve the defense? Sure, but they need to improve the roster substantially for that to be the case as well. 

Lou was pretty good coordinator himself but yet we Sucked on defense last season.

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

(Yesterday, 02:52 PM)TecmoBengals Wrote: I'd be one nervous dude if I'm Golden with the lack of talent on the defense and Trey possibly on the way out.

Doubt Trey is out and we haven't even hit FA or the Draft. I would be excited myself.

[BFritz21]

(Yesterday, 04:50 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Doubt Trey is out and we haven't even hit FA or the Draft. I would be excited myself.

I doubt Trey is going to command a ton of money in FA and I'll be super excited if we draft Nolen in the first round or find and find a few other quality players.

[SunsetBengal]

(Yesterday, 05:58 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: I doubt Trey is going to command a ton of money in FA and I'll be super excited if we draft Nolen in the first round or find and find a few other quality players.

Hmm, don't be so sure of that statement. I'm sure that plenty of teams would be willing to pay Hendrickson $35M/per, but would they also be willing to satisfy what the Bengals are asking in order to get that opportunity?

[BFritz21]

(Yesterday, 06:01 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Hmm, don't be so sure of that statement. I'm sure that plenty of teams would be willing to pay Hendrickson $35M/per, but would they also be willing to satisfy what the Bengals are asking in order to get that opportunity?

Like I keep saying, seven and a half of his sacks were against horrible lines and backups with the Steelers and Raiders, and other teams will also see that.

Couple that with ends usually starting to decline after age 30, and I don't think any team will be willing to make that kind of investment.

[George Cantstandya]

(Yesterday, 06:06 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Like I keep saying, seven and a half of his sacks were against horrible lines and backups with the Steelers and Raiders, and other teams will also see that.

Couple that with ends usually starting to decline after age 30, and I don't think any team will be willing to make that kind of investment.

Myles Garrett is 29 and will be 30 before the end of this season and just got the largest contract for a non-qb. 6 of his 14 sacks last season were against the Steelers and the Raiders. So Trey getting a decent paycheck offer isn't that unreasonable. 

[SunsetBengal]

(Yesterday, 06:06 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Like I keep saying, seven and a half of his sacks were against horrible lines and backups with the Steelers and Raiders, and other teams will also see that.

Couple that with ends usually starting to decline after age 30, and I don't think any team will be willing to make that kind of investment.

And the Bengals won both of those games. Do you not see the correlation? As to your second statement, I didn't see any signs of Trey slowing down last season. He seemed to play even stronger at the end of the season.

[Housh]

We gonna have to give this man the 1st 5 picks just to have a team