07-03-2016, 04:41 PM
(07-03-2016, 04:29 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: See, Peko had what as known as a "career year" for himself, one which he played above the level typically expected of him. Even with those 5 sacks, he still gets driven off the ball in short yardage situations. If you ask me, him picking up 5 sacks was more a product of the overall quality of the defensive unit, rather than by virtue of his own personal awesomeness. As far as Billings goes, you can't automatically give a guy credit as being better than the incumbent, before we even see him in padded practices. The history of the NFL is littered with guys that were going to be the next greatest this, or the next best that..
Don't get me wrong, I'm an Andrew Billings and Domata Peko fan. They are Bengals, I want them to be the very best that they can possibly be. However, from a career point of view, Peko is average. Average, with a couple of red flags for being driven off the ball in short yardage situations.
With all you say here Sunset i don't know how you could not expect Billings to automatically be better than a DT
that gets driven off the ball in short yardage situations. With Billings strength i don't see this happening. I am still
blown away that we got my favorite DT in the draft in the 4th round.
Billings reminds me of Geno the way he can throw interior OL around like rag dolls.
I know Billings is more of a NT type but he can penetrate gaps too, it is not like he is a one trick pony like Peko
cause i agree that Peko's sacks were more of a product of who was around him last year.
