Joseph Ossai

[SunsetBengal]

(05-07-2021, 09:42 PM)Synric Wrote: Lou inherited a defense with its wheels starting to fall off... It had a few bright spots but in reality it had an aging defensive line with zero depth and no linebacker core.

LB was an issue before Lou took over.  The secondary, his coaching background, was filled with players specializing in Man coverage.  The DLine was aging, but still had some up and comers.  Let's not paint that Lou took over a wasteland, when coaches that subscribed to a man coverage may have thought it was a good starting point.

Sure, it was painful to see the team move past guys like Atkins and Dunlap, particularly in the fashion that it happened for each.  I, for one, would have loved to see both of them retire as Bengals.  However, age gets the best of all people, father time is undefeated.  I'm just trying to get on board with Lou's philosophy and hoping that his new breed of Bengals defense gains momentum this year.