Bengals reportedly "making push" to keep Vincent Rey

[Essex Johnson]

(02-18-2016, 01:02 PM)RoyleRedlegs Wrote: Ugh. 
There's a different designs of defenses. Ours is to force plays to the WLB. Some force to the MLB. 
We use our MLB to eat blocks and create lanes for the WLB. The WLB in our defense will always have more tackles than the MLB or SLB. 

The last part is a joke. We are thin at LB because we have guys like Vinny Rey. Average at best players. We need to upgrade our LB corps. Not keep it the same. 

your last line is a joke.. we have very little behind our starting three right now and with Burfict suspended and on a tight lease, no way would I give up the chance to sign Rey.  Dawson is still unknown,, Hawk could be cut.. Lamur had a down year... Rey is important to this defense and I predict we will do the right thing and sign him to a fair contract.

Rey plays more than one position and if your logic is true (which it does not hold much water),, why then is R.M  should be way lower than 83rd in NFL in tackles ..   and still can;t argue that Rey has been doing his job.. he is making the tackles.. not missing the tackles..