01-20-2019, 04:27 PM
(01-20-2019, 01:57 PM)Go Cards Wrote: Del Rio would be a "Grand Slam" hire as DC in my book.
I was surprised we hired Austin in the off season instead of Del Rio, given that he was a Marvin guy. Maybe he just wanted to sit out a year, or Marvin genuinely preferred Austin.
More generally, the thing that makes me most excited is the obvious change in approach over the last two years. Last season they finally got around to running off Paul Alexander and effectively getting two starting OL (Glenn and Price) with one draft pick. Now, this year we have credible rumors of hiring Zac Taylor to be head coach, firing assistants with time left on their contracts, possibly bringing in Bill Callahan to coach OL, and today being in the mix for competent, experienced (read 'expensive') DC candidates like Fox or Del Rio. The Bengals sound like a real NFL team. This kind of activity is the norm for most of the league; but, obviously, has not been for the Bengals. Gives me some hope they'll evolve on the player acquisition front, too.
Most optimistic I've been in many years. Just typing that makes me worry that I'm setting myself up for disappointment. Can you tell I've followed this team for decades?
