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(12-19-2018, 10:08 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: Well you don't give up historically poor numbers on defense without someone on the line to get blame.

I swear posters on here will tell you how great Geno and Dunlap are playing, and also tell you that Billings is ranked as high as Mixon per PFF.

They'll also tell you that Hubbard is meh and MJ is just a whipping boy that's really not bad at all.

Well if all of the above are true shouldn't the front line as a whole be playing above average at the least?

They're not.

Have they been playing better the last two games?  Certainly.

I just don't believe it when we're told as a season that this unit is playing well especially Billings.

Something has got to be incorrect.

MJ is bad. Willis is bad.

Atkins and Dunlap are playing well.

The DT's that play next to Atkins are playing like average NFL tackles. They're not terrible. They're not great.

Hubbard makes a lot of splash plays. He's not great in other areas...but he's improving and I think that as he gains NFL experience that he's going to be a good player. Put Lawson out there too and I think they'll get a lot of pressure.

The Linebackers are absolutely terrible. The defense is bad because of the linebackers. There are stats that show how many yards they've given up in pass coverage.

The secondary as a whole is atleast average...maybe a little better.