03-29-2019, 03:39 PM
(03-29-2019, 02:16 PM)kevin Wrote: Bengals Coach already says in Today's NFL your defense is in nickel 80 % of the time. The problem with that is teams, especially Bengals, are getting burned on the run in pass coverage. If Bengals cover the run, they get burned on the pass. Therefore in the 80 % of the time nickle D, you better have a DB back the size of a LB like David Fulcher.
Taylor Rapp, Washington
Nasir Adderly, Delaware
Juan Thornhill, Virginia
Jonathan Abram- Mississippi State
Chauncey Gardner Johnson- Florida
I don't care where they draft a big, fast, talented DB with LB size, but if they are going to be in the nickle 80% of the time, they best get one. These 5 are listed at 6 feet tall or more and 200 pounds or more, but safeties. OK, safeties with linebacker size when teams try to burn us on the run in the nickle. Bengals getting burned over the middle and in the zone gaps by tight ends, running back passes, running back trap plays, quarterback runs. The answer is not a linebacker or a DB. The answer is a DB the size of a LB to cover these gaps in our zone nickles. Bengals get burned so bad, tight ends and RBs are wide open in the gaps. We need more big LB types at DB if Bengals are in nickle 80% of time as coaches say. These guys can tackle and lay on the hits per NFL Rules. There is a right way and a wrong way. Burfict became the illegal way. There are legal ways for a LB size Safety to stop somebody.
Seems like NFL Defenses are starting to really lean this way more and more and with the way the Chargers used 3 Safeties on the Ravens last year in the Playoffs and it worked so good this sounds like a good plan. Still think Shawn can play this position but we need all the help we can get at Linebacker, especially with speed, instincts and tackling ability. Shawn lacks with some of these characteristics.
