01-31-2025, 04:25 PM
(01-31-2025, 12:09 PM)Synric Wrote: The Defensive Line rebuild is the most important of off-season and they are nearly a blank slate.
It doesn't feel like the Bengals have a starting DL on the roster outside of Trey Hendrickson. BJ Hill, Joseph Ossai, Cam Sample, and Jay Tufele are all free agents and only Hill brings any kind of consistency to merit another contract. The three young top 100 picks Myles Murphy, Kris Jenkins, and McKinnley Jackson all looked exactly like their college scouting reports without showing any of the ceiling. Sam Hubbard has dealt with nagging injuries that have kept him limited as a player most of his career which is on thr back end.
The Bengals should add multiple defensive linemen with different skill sets. A starting strong side defensive end, a nose tackle, a pass rushing defensive tackle, and a designated pass rushing edge.
Nice thread Synric. It is a bit of a clean slate besides Trey. I would bring back BJ Hill and Ossai though. I like what I saw of McKinnley
Jackson as a rookie and Kris Jenkins. But we don't know if they are the answers yet either, so you bring back BJ who is proven. Ossai
should be cheap and he is an okay pass rusher, at least better than Hubbard for sure.
Adding a DL early in the Draft is probably the most likely as others said, it is not a deep Draft for OL or WR. Really like Walter Nolen
the 3-tech out of Ole Miss. Or one of the DT's out of Michigan. Another End opposite of Trey would be great that actually can rush the
passer right out of the gate.
