11-17-2024, 01:23 PM
(11-17-2024, 01:17 PM)ochocincos Wrote: With the injury also to Myles Murphy through the first half or so of games plus Sample out all year, it really would have put a detriment on the DEs without Hubbard.
It would have meant Ossai and 6th round rookie Cedric Johnson rotating in opposite of Hendrickson.
Unless people think they Bengals would have gone out and spent money on a veteran fill-in that could have contributed ~5-7 sacks, but I doubt it.
They had their chance to get Ngakoue and hadn't pursued him.
The rest of the guys available are pretty terrible.
There's not enough urgency with this organization to have given up good draft picks for a stopgap DE either.
If Sam was on IR, they would have had to go out and do something. Sam playing meant they didn't have to do anything.
They tried to claim Ngakoue when he went on waivers but the Patriots had a earlier claim. The Ravens didn't cut him before the trade deadline in part so he couldn't pick his team
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