Would you do this deal?

[kevin]

You guys are over rating Vigil and Rey. I can see these guys for depth, but to say they make us set and solid at LB, no way, not if you want play-off wins and Super Bowl. You win with Defense and Bengals just have not been good enough at linebacker in years. Have you ever noticed the good teams every year eat our linebackers alive running and passing, especially in play-off games. ......Not only do we need somebody better than Vigil and Rey, but if the LSU RB is gone we need to draft a LB and hope he becomes better than Burfict and Minter. You people are talking about just getting by at LB. Just getting by is why we can't beat the good teams and why we can't win in play-offs. Good teams run the ball up out LBs rear ends and beat them like a drum on passes. I once had high hopes for Rey but I now see his game is very limited. Vigil is young and could be OK, but many laughed at this draft pick. Anybody we would draft at pick 9 will be better than Rey and Vigil. I'm talking about bringing in a Pro Bowl LB type in hard hitting Foster or the quick and fast Reddick. The 70's Steelers had all those great linebackers. The 1980's Browns had all those great linebackers. Bengals Fans just don't understand the importance of great linebackers and great Defense as opposed to just getting by at LB. There is no way Vigil and Rey make us set at LB. They are good depth and that is all they are. They are not solid starters, not if you want play-off wins.

I have no problem with Atkins, Dunlap, MJ, Sims on D Line. There is room for improvement but that's a good D Line. I have no problem with our secondary. I have not liked our linebackers and it has been our weakness in defense. If we can have 3 top notch linebackers we will be awesome on defense and only then a Super Bowl Type Defense. This thing of just getting by at linebacker doesn't cut it. The great teams have great linebackers. We are also going to miss Maualuga more than many of you understand, and neither Rey or Vigil have proved they can fill the bill. Plus we lost Dansby. Set at linebacker, not hardly. If the LSU RB is gone at pick 9, taking Foster or Reddick are top draft pick players that can come in here and be a Pro Bowl Type LB and with Burfict and Minter be the LB Corp it takes to win in the NFL. If we have 3 LBs like that with Atkins, Dunlap and our secondary, we will have great defense. You do not just try to get by on defense, you try to dominate as all Super Bowl teams do.

Again, we have been putting retreads on this car in Harrison, Hawk, Dunlap as we draft TE's and CB's every year. We have not drafted a first round LB in a long time. It is time to stop putting bald tires and retreads on the car at linebacker. With a pick 9 LB and still young Burfict and Minter we will have some good tires on at LB for change. Rey and Vigil could be solid bench depth. The good teams can no longer pound the ball up our rear ends all game and I have seen the Patriots, Cowboys, Steelers, Chargers in that 2013 season play-off loss, I have seen the good teams just destroy our linebackers with big run after big run and nothing our D could do to stop it. If you never saw this, then you never saw how the good teams over the years have manhandled our linebackers. I have seen the Patriots and Steelers do nothing but run the ball on us the entire 4th quarter and our linebackers could do nothing to stop it. I'm tired of that, and I'm tired of bringing in old players like Harrison, Hawk and Dansby. It's time to fix this thing. If the LSU LB is gone at pick 9, then pick 9 becomes our chance to get the top notch LB pick we have needed for many years. I'll guarantee you if we add Foster or Reddick to Burfict and Minter, not only do teams not run the ball up our rear ends, but teams do not want to play us with this tough of a Defense.