A look at the numbers...2018 defense.

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(01-06-2019, 07:38 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: I would be interested for the stat experts to give us before ML defense and after ML defense. I could be wrong, but I think our offense was much worse since AD and Green, then Boyd later went down which kept put the defense on the field more and with worse field position.

I read the ML defense was 6th, while the Austin defense was 32nd. If so, that is a huge improvement with worse personnel (injuries) versus better also.

Austin was fired after the team was 5-4 and coming off high-powered offenses TB, New Orleans, KC, and Pittsburgh.
From Game 10 on (Marvin Lewis defense), the team yards and points per game allowed...
PPG = 23.8
YPG = 361.0

Yards and points per game allowed during Austin's tenure (9 games)...
PPG = 32.0
YPG = 454.5

Once again, I'm going to reiterate that the Bengals went up against better offenses when Austin was here vs when he was not, so Austin's PPG and YPG likely would have gone down if he had stayed the whole year. However, it does look that Marvin was better than Austin even if Austin's defense did improve with him still there.