Al Golden's Defense

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(03-07-2025, 02:20 PM)Stewy Wrote: So I see a lot of people saying we need this or need that from a defensive perspective, and I have made the comment a couple times in other threads that an Al Golden defense may look very different than what we are used to, and what we NEED might be very different than where we have been the last several years with Lou.  These comments were driven by a Joe Goodberry breakdown of Al Golden's ND defense, that he produced prior to Al Golden being hired.  Here is the video and move ahead to 14:39 for the start of the ND defense breakdown in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmDVpFvr_ts&t=168s&ab_channel=FirstStarMediaGroup

Some things to consider....
Signings, drafting, releasing, trading and extensions for players could be driven by how the new DEF staff feels about player buyin to the new scheme.  Pratt and Trey might be pieces that are only poor to avg. fits.  

Personally, I am very excited to see the direction the DEF takes.

We saw similar back when Taylor and Anarumo came in 2019, having problems with the likes of Carlos Dunlap and Geno Atkins fitting well into that defensive scheme, so yea it's a thing.
With that said, when I see truly great offensive or defensive schemes, I see coordinators who morph around the great players they have.

I am concerned with too much turnover on the defensive side with a new DC coming in, especially given he had been with the Bengals just a few years ago.
I worry he didn't mesh well with a lot of the defensive players.

If we don't see much improvement on the defensive side of the ball and especially if it gets worse, the team will hear it from the fans.
Bengals can't afford to have a 3rd consecutive down year while Burrow is in his prime.