Can we put a Fork in Myles Murphy Now?

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(12-03-2024, 05:52 PM)NotBigzo Wrote: https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4428985/myles-murphy


In order to be as fair as possible here, I attached his stats via ESPN.

In this man's second year, 15 tackles (7 solo) and ZERO SACKS.

Honestly, at this point, it isn't even about Murphy for me anymore. I saw the red flags before anyone else did, but he's just a part of the pattern of the Bengals picking assberries for defensive players in the draft. Honestly, it seems like they're just looking at top programs like Clemson Michigan and assuming they'll pan out because of the reputations these programs have. Seriously, why do we love Michigan players so much these days? Is beating Ryan Day Ohio state teams an indicator of NFL success now? I don't get it.

But i'm getting ahead of myself here.

What do you expect to see from him next season onward? Does he get another season to pull it together, or are our girlfriends and wives getting ready to be the fat ladies and start singing? Sound off.

The bigger concern is he only played 305 snaps last year but had 3.0 sacks.
He's at just over 200 now because he missed a month, but he's playing nearly 40% defensive snaps once back.
One would expect him to have at least a couple sacks by now.
I think everyone assumed his floor would be Sam Hubbard, but he ain't nowhere close to that.

IMO next year is his prove it year, but the Bengals should add another pass rusher anyway with Sample and Ossai hitting FA (and not being overly good anyway).
Hendrickson and Hubbard are set to hit FA in 2026 anyway, so they'll need 2 young guys to eventually replace them.
Even if Murphy ends up being one, they'll need another. Get a dude in this upcoming draft.