02-25-2025, 01:56 AM
(02-24-2025, 07:56 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: You're really willing to keep a player at a position that the Bengals draft well at, over the league leader at a position that chronically don't pick well at? I'll use 2010 as a reference point, because that was the year they drafted Geno Atkins, who was a talented DT who could get to the QB regularly. Since then, the Bengals have drafted AJ Green, Tyler Boyd, Marvin Jones Jr., Mo Sanu, Tee Higgins and JaMarr Chase, all very good WRs at their given roles. How many sack artists have the Bengals drafted since then? I'll end the suspense, the answer is Zero.
I'm not trying to be a jackass, but the point is that the Bengals didn't miss out on the playoffs due to offensive shortcomings, it was the lack of defense.
You realize that in the last, almost decade, they have drafted exactly 2 quality WRs. You left out Sam Hubbard, who could be comparable to a Boyd… at least sanu.
The bengals were 8-4 last year in games Tee played.
They are 35-19 since 2021, in games he plays. He makes a difference.
Obviously the defense was bad, but it isn’t a huge lift to go from 30th to middle of the road, especially with a new DC. It happens every year (see Washington)
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