Notes From Training Camp 2025

[Essex Johnson]

(Yesterday, 11:48 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: All we heard about after last season was how good our talent was on defense with all these draft picks we spent on it and how the defense was all Lou's fault.  Lou didnt have a true NT, played two rookies at DT that were injured at the begining of the year and had to deal with injuries at other positions.  The team is now healthy, the two rookies have a year in the NFL under their belt, we have supposedly a great run stopping NT and we drafted more rookies to help.  There is no reason this defense shouldnt be much better this year if the problem last year was Lou not being able to coach all this talent.  We have that same talent back plus added to it.

I thought Lou overall did a good job but the numbers don't lie the past 2 years our defense has been subpar at best, other teams go through same issues and injuries but we played worse than them. It was time for a change especially the short window more teams have on a real SB run.