Optimism for Zach Carter

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(08-23-2023, 03:33 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: You get points for industry, but your math sucks. 

We were in 5 DL or more much more than that.  150/1,036 = 14.47%, not 3%. That's assuming it was never 6 DL/7DL for a play, which likely happened some. Well over 10% of the time, total. And more vs Balt/Cle type teams. 

And again, the 5th DT/NT plays more than RB3/4, WR7, OL 8-10, CB7, and S4/5. 

10 DL (or more) is a mortal freaking lock. Period. End of story. Our scheme demands it. Plus it is one of the deeper spots we have. 

2019: 11. 
https://www.cincyjungle.com/2019/8/31/20842473/cincinnati-bengals-53-man-roster-2019

2020: We started with 9: 

DE: Dunlap, Hubbard, Lawson, Kareem 
DT/NT: Reader, Atkins, Daniels, Covington, Brown 

Bledsoe (312), Hunt (292), and X. Williams (310) ended up playing a lot. McKenzie with over 100. 

Even with 9, we still had 5 DT/NT types, we skimped on ends. 

2021:  10 

DE: Hendrickson, Hubbard, Kareem, Sample, Hodge 
NT/DT: Reader, Ojunjobi, Tupou, Hill, Shelvin 


Kareem went to IR & we claimed Wyatt Ray, I believe. 

2022: 10 

https://www.cincyjungle.com/2022/8/30/23329019/bengals-53-man-roster-cuts-2022

Kareem to IR + we added Tufele before the opener. 


We have always carried at oeast 5 DT/NT types under Zach/Lou. We will always will. The schemecdictates it. 

When you quoted my post, I had already updated it to 13-14%, so my math didn't suck by the time you replied to it