01-05-2017, 12:06 PM
(01-05-2017, 10:21 AM)kevin Wrote: OK, but lets say we draft one of the First Round Alabama Crimson Tide Linebackers in Round One. You add THAT player to Burfict, Flowers, Maualuga, Rey, Vigil, Roach.....Starters would be Burfict, Maualuga, The # 1 Draft pick from Alabama, and whoever wins the 4th LB spot. Rey has seen action but Bengals started getting Vigil game time who was not a low draft pick. .....Now even if we stay in a 4-3, we are going to need one of the Alabama Linebackers slated to go first round. ....Bengals went to Super Bowl in 1981 with Hank Bullough 3-4 defense with Dick LeBeau the DB coach. Bengals went to Super Bowl in 1988 with Dick LeBeau 3-4 defense. Our last play-off win was with LeBeau 3-4 defense. Of course he went to Pittsburg and his defenses took them to Super Bowls. ......Either Reuben Foster or Tim Williams would be welcome additions to the Bengals. Not just star LBs at Alabama or the SEC but considered the top in the nation in this draft. Both ranked very high by both CBS and ESPN. .....I hate that we can not even consider a 3-4 because our depth and talent at linebacker is always so weak. Let change that and add some talent. Even if we stay in a 4-3, we need to add Foster or Williams in the draft. We do not have Play-off win linebacker unit.
It doesn't matter...NONE of those guys are good pass rushers.
Are Burfict, Flowers, Maualuga, Rey, Vigil, and Roach better pass rushers than Dunlap and Atkins?
As soon as you switch to the 3-4, you lose Atkins as a pass rusher and he becomes a blocker occupier.
