Your Thoughts On The Safeties

[SunsetBengal]

(03-06-2017, 11:44 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Not a damn thing and i was one of the dumb fellas that thought it was time to move on from the Predator.

Missed him though and i wished he was on my team when i was watching the Raiders.

Plus i understand that the Raiders Secondary was pretty bad, terribly bad early in the year but it was Reggie's first year in
the system and i bet that ole Karl Joseph becomes a stud on down the road with Reggie's help. Really liked Karl Joseph in
college and would of been for us drafting him last year if he fell even if he had a bad rookie year.

Reggie Nelson around for another year or two certainly would have softened the blow of losing Vance Joseph from the coaching staff.  The combined loss of Coach Joseph, along with veteran Safety Reggie Nelson left the Safety position is great turmoil for at least half of the season.  Now, to be sure, the Bengals DB coach Kevin Coyle certainly had his hands full, not only a primary loss at Safety, but also a loss of Leon Hall, and the untimely season ending injury to 1st round pick WJIII. 

I was quite hard on the organization for allowing what was a great Defensive Backfield and Coaching combination to fall apart in a rather short period of time.  However, as the season went on, not only did the Safety play improve, but the entire secondary seemed to regain it's footing.

I also know where the real holes on this team are, personnel wise.  On the defensive side of the ball, we need a DE and LB much more than we need a Safety.  However, if a guy like Malik Hooker is sitting there at 9 you pretty much have to take him, or at least get a handsome ransom from a team that sees him as their missing piece.