10 hours ago
(Today, 10:40 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: My thoughts are that if you're looking to change defensive schemes, and be successful in that first year (win now), you're going to need at least a few proven veterans who are comfortable and experienced in that alignment. Yes, you'll want to draft to support that scheme, but you still need proven guys to demonstrate how it's supposed to work.
We need proven vets for the DL regardless of the scheme in my opinion. I see the mocks and in some cases round 1 or 2 DT. That is great in my opinion for the future, but we are too good on offense to rely on rookies to be stars in year 1 in spite of when they are drafted.
We need to fix the trenches. OG and DT are the two biggest weaknesses, fix with vets, then develop rookies for the future.
2024 may go on record as one of most underperforming teams in Bengal history. Bengal's FO has major work to do on defensive side of the ball. I say tag and trade Tee Higgins in 2025 to start with the rebuild.