04-06-2025, 08:02 PM
(04-02-2025, 08:37 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Those defenses did it with Jesse Bates III orchestrating the calls. It went to shit soon after Jesse left for Atlanta.
It wasn't really not-shit WITH Jessie prior to that.
Lou's first 3 years with Jessie Bates...
29th Overall / 25th Scoring / 25th 3rd Down / 26th Sacks / 28th Takeaways
26th Overall / 22nd Scoring / 20th 3rd Down / 32nd Sacks / 27th Takeaways
18th Overall / 17th Scoring / 22nd 3rd Down / 12th Sacks / 17th Takeaways
One amazing playoff run and 1 season following that. Bates was here for 4 years with Lou. Honestly 2022 seems a whole lot more like Andy Dalton's 2015. Hue Jackson leaving didn't made Dalton go to shit, he just went back closer to his norm than the 1 outlier year.
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