03-06-2016, 01:01 PM
(03-06-2016, 12:30 PM)fredtoast Wrote: You have got to be kidding. Just look at how we rebuilt our defense through free agents in 2011...Thomas Howard, Manny Lawson, and Nate Clements. The year before we had obtained Reggie Nelson in a trade when he was considered a bust in Jacksonville, and signed Adam Jones as a free agent.
These players were a big part of the reason our defense went from 24th in points allowed in 2010 to 9th in 2011.
The next year we added Wallace Gilberry and Terrance Newman in free agency.
The Bengals don't spend a ton of money, but they have had plenty of success in signing free agents. especially on the defensive side of the ball.
Antonio Bryant
Lavernues Coles
Jason Allen
Sam Adams
Gibril Wilson
Antwan Odom
James Harrison
AJ Hawk
Travelle Wharton
Law Firm
Denarius Moore
Greg Little
Taylor Mays
Jamaal Anderson
Edgerton Hartwell
Antonio Chatman
Ben Utecht
Nate Lawrie
Jamar Fletcher
Darryl Blackstock
Ifeanyi Ohalete
Anthony Mitchell
Duane Clemons
Bryan Robinson
Nate Webster
Mike Myers
Tank Johnson
Roy Williams
...and that's not even a complete list from Marvin's tenure alone.
I'll add that even though guys like Dhani, Nugent, Tate, and Lawson were able to get on the field, were they really any good?
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
