12-07-2016, 02:39 PM
(12-07-2016, 11:38 AM)bengals67 Wrote: Nugent should not have been re-signed. He is an average to below average kicker when he is making extra points. His kickoffs are below average which accounts for some of the returns run against the Bengals this year.This begs the question: WHY don't the Bengals run a 3-4 scheme? I know it must be because they draft LBers who are too fat and too slooooow. One would think the Bengals would do what works for other teams in their division who have had a lot more success than the bengals. Surely Mikey does not dictate the D, does he?
At this point, I really don't think it matters if he is cut as we have no shot at the playoffs. Steelers are not going 1-3 though ravens might.
The problem with the Bengals is that long term below average performance seems to be acceptable - Nugent, Bodine, Ray M being exhibits A,B, and C.
Pats or Steelers NEVER would have kept any one of these three below average players all three of whom play very critical positions.
For those who say Bodine did OK last week, that was against a 4-3 defense. He has always been awful against a 3-4 defense which so happens to be the system played by our two biggest rivals.
It is amazing that Dalton has done as well as he has this year given the complete absence of a running game and poor protection because of Bodine against 3-4 defenses and Og.
