04-10-2019, 01:45 PM
(04-10-2019, 01:16 PM)impactplaya Wrote: Im starting to learn toward if both Devins are gone by pick 11 then the Bengals might serious lean toward DE...
I looked up some numbers to maybe reinforce my therory.
last season the Bengals defense finished with 28 total sacks.
in the 1st 5 games when the Bengals started off 4 and 1
they had 12 sacks.
Atkins had 6 alone. Dunlap 3.
but in the next 11 games. the defense only accumalated 16 sacks.
Geno had 4..but 3 came alone vs the Raiders.
Dunlap had only 5.
Sam Hubbard got more productive as the season went on.his 1st 8 games he had 2 then finished in the last 8 games with 4.
Only 1 LB had a sack last year and that was Jordan Evans with 1.5 (all vs Tampa)
Draft bust Jordan Willis had 1.
Carl Lawson had 1 before his injury.
Shawn Williams was the only DB with 1.
vs the AFC North the Bengals had 6 sacks.all vs the Ravens.Browns Steelers shut the Bengals out.(Mayfield never hit the ground)
the Bengals were 1 5 vs the North.
yes I know RT is a huge issue. but even with Hart struggling the Bengals offense before Dalton and Green injuries was still scoring enough.
LB is a glaring issue. its neck and neck with DE IMO.
but lets face it. Dunlap isnt going to get 13 sacks this season.
Hubbard is a great rotational piece. but a one man wrecking machine.no.
Lawson is a wild card.
Willis a bust.
Geno can play at a high level for how many more years?
I think DE is high on Taylors desire list.
QB is important but the premier pass rushers are in RD 1.
Dalton can afford Taylor the luxury of getting a QB in RD 2.
or 3.
Willis is not a bust. And you cant get creative on defense with pressures and blitzes when the opposition can dink and dunk with our LB unit in coverage. This is partly to blame, in my opinion, for the low sack numbers. Our defense was trying to hold the fort and not attacking the QB.
I think we are pretty solid at DE compared to other positions.
