Bengals fire Lou Anarumo, Frank Pollack, James Bettcher and Marion Hobby

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(01-06-2025, 11:22 AM)jj22 Wrote: It's the same reason why they didn't give Daxton Hill any play to see if he could be a replacement to Bates when they knew they weren't going to extend Bates.

Bates was playing better than Hubbard but they still went into 2023 blind not knowing what they had in their 1st round safety because they never gave him any snaps.

Mike Brown wants his highest paid players to play to earn what they're making.

Agree though, which is why I kinda don't like the Bengals draft strategy under Taylor.
They basically treat rookie year as a wash and have all these guys spend a year as backup.

I feel we only saw Mims, Jenkins, and Jackson because of injuries to Brown and Rankins.

Bengals need to get better at playing their early draft picks out of the gate to get contributions, even if it means benching the incumbent who makes more $$.