Hobspins annual lies

[BengalChris]

(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.

The Bengals are good at finding guys who have lost their way or were heading over the hill and getting them in on the cheap. I believe all the guys you mentioned would fit in that category. Gilberry was sign a few weeks into the season after he was on the unemployment line.

But you can see from the list below, there were many, many more who didn't contribute much and some who contributed nothing at all. I do agree that Dhani Jones did at least bring something the team needed. Taylor Mays was a trade, if I remember correctly.

For every Adam Jones we sign we seem to get a couple of Greg Littles as well.

(03-06-2016, 01:01 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: 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?