05-07-2022, 03:25 PM
(05-06-2022, 11:56 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I don't want to be accused of bashing our defense, but surely you understand why many NFL fans would give more weight to the 17 game season than a 4 game run when judging the '21 Bengals. We have all seen many teams play over their heads for a 4 game stretch.
Personally I think our offense is going to jump from top third in the league (13th yds, 7th pts) to one of the top 3 or 4. Our O-line will be much better and no way Burrow throws as many picks as he did the first 12 games of last year.
Our defense will be improved also, but not as dramatically. From bottom half of the league (18th yds, 17th pts) to top third in the league. We will miss Ogunjobi. I think he was one of the more underrated Bengals last year. But I think our top 3 picks will have an immediate impact. I also think that if Davis-Gaither stays healthy he could be a key role player for our defense.
We will have the talent to beat any team, but we won't have more talent than all of the other top teams in the league.
All understandable going off of the regular season where we had some bad games on Defense. I just think BJ Hill will continue
to grow and be better than what Ogunjobi gave us anyways especially as a run stopper where Ogunjobi wasn't nearly as good.
Zachary Carter could fill Ogunjobi's role for all we know or we could bring Larry back when he is healthy. What I like about this
Defense is we could already stop the run and we played disciplined against players like Lamar and Mahomes, so we can be a
tough Defense for anyone as long as we get after the passer and we have lots of good pass rushers.
Ossai in particular I expect to make a splash along with ADG as you and I agree on him.
