Lou anarumo

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(10-07-2024, 12:57 PM)J24 Wrote: We made a Superbowl run and an AFC  championship run in part because of the Defense.  Our offensive line is why we don't have a superbowl title. One year due to injury and one year to it being ass.

Here's the rankings of offense and defense the past 4 seasons:
2021 - 7th in Points For, 17th in Points Allowed
2022 - 7th in Points For, 6th in Points Allowed
2023 - 16th in Points For, 21st in Points Allowed
2024 (5 games) - 5th in Points For, 31st in Points Allowed

Bengals have been steadily declining since good veterans on defense have departed and they've been putting more and more money into the offense instead.

Back in 2021, Bengals had the 3rd highest cap spent on defense. In 2022, 2nd highest cap spent on defense. It's declined since then.
Compare that to the offense, who went from 14th highest cap spent in 2021>11th highest in 2022>10th in 2023>5th in 2024.

We knew at some point this was going to happen.
Bengals needed to hit on their defensive draft picks as veterans left to make room for more $$ being spent on offense.