Player you had high hopes for but did not work out.

[MrRager]

(07-20-2015, 11:55 AM)fredtoast Wrote: As a Vol fan I was psyched to get Allen.  He was an elite athlete who could cover like a corner and tackle like a safety.  he had never played up to his potential in the NFL, but I viewed him as Reggie nelson v2.0.  The one postition where the bengals have been very good at coaching players up has been DB.  I was certain that we would turn Allen into a top DB.

I remembering you being higher on him than Newman, who I think we signed the same year. Odd Newman turned out to be the much better signing that year. Hopefully the young guns can replace him, and I hope he does well in Minn.