12-04-2024, 07:35 PM
(12-04-2024, 06:57 PM)ochocincos Wrote: You're different from me.
I never cared for Anderson.
Dude had ST written all over him.
Definitely not a FS in my eyes. Maybe a SS though.
I wasn't really in the camp of moving away from Dax Hill yet, but had I been, I wanted someone like Kevin Byard, Justin Simmons, or maybe Darnell Savage.
I remember when I saw Stone was signed, I was like, "WHO?!?!"
Dude wasn't even planned to be the starting FS for BAL in 2023. It was supposed to be Hamilton and Williams primarily with Stone as a rotational flex between SS and FS.
Prior to going down to injury, Marcus Williams was playing 86% of the defensive snaps. Hamilton played 91%.
Stone ended up playing 82% last year in part because of Williams missing 6 games, but prior to that he had never played more than 41% of defensive snaps.
This year, he's at 97% with CIN.
With all playoff teams having 8+ wins, Bengals need a ton of help to get into the playoff and if they're not getting into the playoffs, there's no reason to care to win any more games, IMO. I know some don't agree, but draft position is really all that matters if not making the playoffs.
I'd actually consider benching Stone the rest of the way and giving his reps to Anthony/Anderson to see if they can amount to anything before deciding to get a fun, new FS this offseason.
Gimme Starks or Watts in the draft if going that route.
Just because Tycen is big, doesn't mean he isn't fast and rangy. I agree on your other picks that we should of brought in instead, especially
Justin Simmons. I only knew about Geno Stone before we got him because another poster on here was pimping him, then I watched the
highlights and was a little concerned but I thought he would of been a big time improvement over Nick Scott.
Daihjan Anthony I would also give a shot, but I like Tycen better from what he has shown in the NFL and in preseason. They probably keep
Tycen on ST's where he is balling so Anthony is probably the most likely if they even do make a change. Who knows though, nothing would
surprise me with Lou and the Defense.
(12-04-2024, 07:03 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Here's what I think. I feel like they just assumed that because Stone was a Raven, and that because they draft and develop defensive talent so well, that he was on the verge of breaking out as a really good player and just needed full time reps to show it. However, what they might not have considered is that this isn't the Ravens, there isn't a rich culture of defensive greatness and accountability here.
Probably right, pretty lazy rational though from them if true. We need to develop our own players, not rely on other teams to do so.
Shows how bad our coaches are.
