Al Golden's Defense

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(10 hours ago)Bengalbug Wrote: The Super Bowl capped an astonishing turnaround for an Eagles defense that ranked 26th in yards allowed, 30th in points allowed, 31st in pass defense, 24th in sacks, 29th in first downs allowed, 31st on third down and 30th in the red zone last year.

Go ahead. Read those numbers again.

That was one year ago.

Enter Fangio, a new staff and seven new starters and the youngest defense in the NFL finished 1st in yards allowed, 2nd in points allowed, 1st in pass defense, 15th in sacks, 1st in first downs allowed, 3rd on third down and 5th in the red zone.

Without question, the greatest defensive turnaround in NFL history. And Fangio was the mastermind behind it.

That is the thing in the age of FA, major improvements can be made quickly. The question becomes are the Bengals willing to heavily invest in the defense in FA?