Are the Bengals better today than before free agency

[CJD]

(03-23-2021, 03:32 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Please tell me this is a typo.

2020 Atkins had a grand total of one tackle for the entire season.



Can't call it a loss when Lawson can't stay on the field?

I'd say on production alone Hendrickson looks like an upgrade.  Here are their numbers last year in "snaps per".  In other words the lower the number the better

Lawson............  20.1 tkl....  131.5 sack.....  180.8 TFL....  22.6 QBHit
Hendrickson.....  25.4 tkl....    41.3 sack....    46.5 TFL.....  22.3 QBhit

I've already addressed Lawson vs Hendrickson. I think the pressures and actual film support Lawson as the better individual pass rusher, even if 

Regarding Atkins, I guess I still have a soft spot for Atkins and would like to believe he'd rebound in 2021 at least to some degree. But you're right, if we're comparing only 2020 numbers, then it's probably a +4 if not a +5. If we're comparing their expected (or hoped for) production in 2021, I think it's closer to the +2 or +3.