Chase Young or Joe Burrow ?

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(11-27-2019, 10:00 AM)Au165 Wrote: You sure about that? We are 27th in points allowed and 32nd in yards allowed, now the offense is basically the mirror image of that but I think people are still glossing over just how bad this defense has been for years now. While sacks aren't everything, we are 31st in the league in sacks at 16 total. I'd say the Bengals defensive line is actually one of our biggest issues but people fondly think of the names on the line over production. Atkins has 4.5 and Dunlap has 2.5, those two COMBINED would be good for 27th in the league in sacks yet make up $25 Million in cap expenditures.

The problem with bad defensive lines that can't generate pressure is that they expose your other levels of defense even worse. Fixing the line is the quickest way to mask deficiencies at every other level of the defense. Our linebackers have never been good here, and our CB's have been average since Hall and Joseph, but we had really good defenses because we had elite D lines for years. 

You control the game by sustaining drives and scoring points keeping your defense off the field and then giving them more opportunities to rush the passer and force teams to throw to catch up and make bad decisions.

2018 Carlos Dunlap is a prime example of this. Dunlap had 8 sacks and 21 QB hits on the year, but if you look at the logs 7 of his sacks and 13 QB hits where in the first 8 games when the Bengals were moving the ball and scoring points. He only had 1 sack when the offense fell off at the end of the year. Like I've said it's not a coincidence that Dunlap's best season as a pass rusher is 2015. 

Right now the Bengals offense is not creating oppurtonities for the defense. They cannot sustain drives cannot score points cannot keep the defense off the field. If they Bengals want to drastically change the outlook of the team they need to attack the offensive side of the ball. They need a QB they need offensive line.