08-29-2024, 01:18 PM
(08-28-2024, 07:43 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: We've had an issue stopping the run for quite a while. Hell, even in the ML error, it was our weakness.
We were pretty good a couple years ago when we went to the Super Bowl, we were a top 5 Defense against the run but yeah, we
need to get back to being a good run stopping Defense if we want to get back. Having a good Offense that can run up the score
board will help and so will having good communication and leadership on the backend.
As long as we have DT's that can take up blocks and free up the others to make tackles we should be alright. I think BJ Hill can
play Nose Tackle with his hybrid ways.
(08-28-2024, 08:49 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Yep I know different people/sites had him different places.
Lance Zierlein had him Rd 6.
Bleacher Report scouting report had him as a 4th rounder.
NFL Draft Buzz had him 5th round.
Pro Football Network had him as a late Rd 3 - early 4th rounder due to the scarcity of true NT prospects in this draft class.
My feeling - Bengals liked him and wanted a true NT. They didn't feel he would make it to their pick in Rd 4 so they took him with 3rd round comp pick.
I don't see using a 3rd round comp pick to get a position of need to be a huge deal vs using their regular 4th rounder.
4th round felt right for him to me, but I was ok with pulling the trigger a bit early to not risk him getting taken before 115.
Same way I felt about McKinnley Jackson before we drafted him. He reminded a lot of people of DJ Reader who wasn't drafted
early either. DJ didn't have a great rookie season and I didn't expect McKinnley to have a great one, but down the road he could
be a very good NT for us.
I thought T'Vondre Sweat was the overrated NT in this last class and he was a head case off the field on top of it and undiscplined
with his weight. Byron Murphy I believed was the elite DT on that DL and made Sweat look better than he actually was.
