04-02-2020, 08:34 PM
(04-02-2020, 03:29 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: Jessie Bates:
"You heard around the league the Bengals don't reach out to players in free agency and spend a lot of money because that's always been their philosophy. They've always been comfortable with some of the guys in the locker room. I think now it kind of gives the players an eye opener. They're not going to keep a lot guys around if they're not getting the job done. Whether that's not getting a contract extension if not playing well in that first year, nobody's safe, I think that puts a little bit of fire under a lot of people and opened their eyes a little bit. At least to the guys that have been there for a while."
https://www.bengals.com/news/bengals-young-defensive-leaders-can-t-wait-exactly-what-we-needed
Just great stuff Holic, I am excited this year. I honestly don't know how good we will be but there seems to be a trend going on.
A trend that is different than we have seen in the past and now Taylor is adding his players to the team and integrating them.
Good guys that can tackle and are versatile. I see us going more man to man with the additions of Bell, Waynes and Alexander
and this should only help ballhawks like Bates and Phillips. Should also help Will Jax to get back to where he was a few years ago.
I am liking the plan. Change the culture, most of us knew this was the foundation of the problem. Taylor is on it with the help of
the FO this time around. There wasn't much help last Offseason and it was such little time for Taylor to evaluate what he had.
