04-08-2023, 03:19 PM
(04-07-2023, 07:13 PM)OSUfan Wrote: So if Kancey and Smith are both available at #28 would you select one of these players or do you feel neither is worthy of the selection? I see merit in the selection of either.
Kancey is advertised as A. Donald 2.0 and the Bengals have not had that inside pass rushing presence since Geno. The measurables and testing of Donald and Kancey are virtual mirror images however what is interesting is that Donald was graded at 5.90 or average backup or special teamer. Without Donald becoming what he has in the NFL do you think Kancey would be graded at a 6.39 as he is?
Mazi Smith I feel is only beginning to realize the player that he can become on the interior. To find a nose tackle that can stop the run and rush the passer both at the level that he is capable of is rather difficult to find. Couple that with Reader being a free agent in '24 and Smith is extremely intriguing. Even if Reader stayed Smith provides the interior pass rush ability that no other nose that we have is capable of providing even if it is in a rotation with Reader.
I really like both of these guys and I think that either helps the Bengals convert their high volume of pressures into getting the QB to the ground or causing turnovers.
Give me Mazi Smith, he can do it all and doesn't have the short arms Kancey does. Mazi Smith would be the perfect DJ Reader replacement.
Mazi can play all 3 downs, stop the run and rush the passer from the interior. Exactly what we need. Honestly hoping for Mazi Smith almostÂ
as much as Darnell Wright the closer we get to the Draft.
