Our LB core

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(05-11-2015, 05:03 PM)Alleyviper13 Wrote: If Burfict can remain healthy this season, we might just have the best LB core in the league this season.

Dawson, Burfict, Maualuga. Should be an incredible season for our defense regardless.

I appreciate the optimism, but the Bengals backers, as a unit, are still in the bottom half of the NFL. Their coverage skills are among the worst. The best backer is coming off a potentially career threatening surgery, and the other two starters are limited talents. Dawson shows promise, but he's a rook and isn't yet above Maualuga and Hawk on the depth chart. However, If Dawson pans out, and Burfict comes back from microfracture surgery, there is hope.