AJ Green wants that 2014 Defense back.

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(02-04-2017, 03:05 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: I'm not putting it all on Geno because Peko is not helping him either.

You can't base Atkins overall play off of sacks.

Some of those were against some of the worst opposing O-lines in the league.

I dunno.  Grades aside.   Geno just looked like another dude for most of the season IMO.

That doesn't mean he isn't one of the best on the team at his position.  He just seemed flat especially earlier on.

Wonder how much of that had to do with no Burfict/fat Burfict at the beginning of the year. The people behind Atkins were Dansby, Maualuga, Williams, and Iloka, all of whom were pretty damn awful last year. Atkins likely had to worry about maintaining gaps much more in the beginning of the year, because there was no faith that the people behind him could pick up any slack.

A mixture of that, everyone not named Dunlap or Atkins being terrible, and the fact that DL get to be a lot more aggressive when they are playing with a bigger lead, and the O never really scored a ton, is my guess.

He was still a really good player, but not the elite level we've been spoiled with.