The Bengals have a slightly worse roster than last season

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(03-12-2025, 12:44 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: Hubbard was not good in 2024 and had lost his job to Murphy before he was hurt. DB's had 2 starters hurt and lost for the year. DB room due to injury alone and how Newton and others played is a huge increase in talent.
Guard sucked with Cappas and Volson, in the end it will be a lot better (we will sign a vet and add a rookie (possibly plug and play G in the draft).

I do agree, our pass rush has not improved yet.

Do you feel missing 2 starting CB's hurt our defense in 2024? Did it hurt losing Rankins for the year?

Yes, all teams have injuries, but no team can have enough backups to be as good as starters if they lose 2 or 3 for year or during long stretches.

I'm factoring them in as being back to the norm.
Injuries happen, but IMO those two CB injuries wasn't the reason the team didn't go deep into the playoffs.
Rankins was not good even when on the field, so no loss there.