Bengals 2007 defense

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(10-30-2018, 03:32 PM)fredtoast Wrote: **EDIT 11-16**...BUMPING THIS THREAD BECAUSE OF OUR CHANGE AT DC.  



Possibly the worst Bengals game I ever watched (and that is saying a lot) was a loss to the Bills in 2007.  The Bills offense that year would finish ranked 30th in both points and yards, but in week 9 they steamrolled the Bengals defense for 479 yards 23 first downs, and six scoring drives.  The Bills easily scored 17 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to win 33-21.

At that point in the season the Bengals defense was dead last in scoring (30.5 per game) and 31st in yards allowed (397.1).  Their record was 2-6.

The next week the Bengals had 3 new starters on defense (LBs Rashard Jeanty and Dhani Jones, CB Leon Hall) and there was a complete transformation.  They shut out the Ravens except for a meaningless td with less than 2 minutes left in a 21-7 Bengals win.  The Ravens only had 272 yards and 16 first downs.

Over the final 8 weeks of that season the Bengals defense was 6th in points allowed and 9th in yards. They gave up 100 fewer points (141 to 242) and almost 100 fewer yards per game (300.4 to 397.1) than in the first half of the season.  They also went 6-2.


So there is still hope.

Given the Bengals are essentially going through the same thing now, do you foresee any change in starters (not just due to injuries)? If so, who?