09-23-2020, 02:34 PM
(09-23-2020, 02:26 PM)Synric Wrote: The defense took hits before the year even started. Losing Josh Tupou and Rennell Wren were bigger than people realize. Tupou was the backup nose and 3rd and short defensive tackle. Wren was going to be playing in alot of the 5 man fronts as a DE and in the rotation on the interior. The Bengals tried to make up for the loses with Mike Daniels and Covington but they were still short that backup nose tackle.
It's not injuries that hurt a team its losing players at one position.
Tomlin got the Steelers to 8-8 last year without their starting QB. I think they were even down to their third string QB at some point. They lost arguably their most important piece and still finished .500.
Those types of coaches win championships.
Everything in this post is my fault.