Tip of the Hat.....

[Johnny Cupcakes]

(11-30-2015, 10:41 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Idk. You have 6 posters giving him some love in this thread. Throw me in there as well. I think he's having a fine season.

You might see people giving him love in this thread, but during every day activity on these boards, it's pretty rare.

[RoyleRedlegs]

(11-30-2015, 11:54 PM)Johnny Cupcakes Wrote: You might see people giving him love in this thread, but during every day activity on these boards, it's pretty rare.

The big argument was Claiborne, Kirkpatrick or Jenkins. And everyone was basically mad we ended with Dre.

But I will take Dre's averageness over Claiborne's consistent terribleness or Jenkins' mostly terrible but get lucky with a few splash plays. 

[wolfkaosaun]

Rey Maualuga. Guy has been much better this year and has helped solidify a good front. Not the best linebacker, but certainly recognizes plays and continues to lay the wood. Also hasn't given up as many big plays as some would think when they hear his name. He's been extremely underrated this season.

[sonofstat]

I think our starting safeties are really, really underrated...maybe by bengals fans and definitely nationally

With all the talk about needing plenty of specialism with D Line rotations, extra CB's for nickel/dime packages, Pass covering LB's as well as run stuffers....Iloka and Nelson are always on the field and making solid contributions.

Basically for the past 3 years we've had a 5th rounder and a guy we picked up in a trade with a practice squad CB hold it down for us whilst we've consistently had good defenses going to the playoffs.

I think we should thank our lucky stars for them as they rarely miss games and have thus far allowed us to invest high draft picks elsewhere in the team.

[OBX Bengal]

Any discussion of hat tipping has to include our long snapper, Clark Harris.  In his seven years as a Bengal, he has never missed a game and with nearly 1000 career snaps, he has never made an unplayable snap.  He snaps with passion and his snaps are a thing of beauty.  He is not afraid to get dirty, averaging over two special team tackles a year.  He is a team first player,  a great ball handler with a good locker room presence, and one of the few players in the league that can successfully wear a man bun.

[CJD]

(11-30-2015, 06:58 PM)thegimp Wrote: Be careful, I got crucified yesterday for saying he is a servicible starter now and has improved a ton 

This sparked my curiosity so I went and looked at some of your posts in the gameday thread.

(11-29-2015, 04:49 PM)thegimp Wrote: you are an idiot…that was great coverage…some of you will not drop a narrative no matter how false it is 

(11-29-2015, 04:53 PM)thegimp Wrote: you're dumb…is he a superstar?  no, but he is certainly a serviceable cornerback that would be a starter on most teams…you guys don't seem to realize that you can have 3 hadens and revis types on every team 

(11-29-2015, 04:59 PM)thegimp Wrote: if an average corner isn't good enough for you as your second corner, then yeah you're dumb because you obviously do expect $20 million/year all over the defense 

(11-29-2015, 05:01 PM)thegimp Wrote: your opinion doesn't mean anything because you ***** more than anyone on here, you were bitching about being up "only" 17-7 earlier 

Yea, I cannot imagine why you got such a negative response from the people who were "crucifying" you.

[XenoMorph]

(11-30-2015, 07:03 PM)Se ky bengal Wrote: Dre k is starting to come along. All in all pretty pleased with all our secondary, so I tip my hat to all the secondary and the whole defense. Giving up 17 point avg per game is great.  

one thing about Dre.... is he seems to shine in the bright lights.... for the most part at least cant wait to see him come playoffs

[jgott32]

(12-01-2015, 09:55 AM)OBX Bengal Wrote: Any discussion of hat tipping has to include our long snapper, Clark Harris.  In his seven years as a Bengal, he has never missed a game and with nearly 1000 career snaps, he has never made an unplayable snap.  He snaps with passion and his snaps are a thing of beauty.  He is not afraid to get dirty, averaging over two special team tackles a year.  He is a team first player,  a great ball handler with a good locker room presence, and one of the few players in the league that can successfully wear a man bun.

Clark is that you?

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

Leon Hall man, this dude made tons of great plays against the Rams. Covered well, tackled great and got his 3rd TD
of his career. I thought he might be starting to fall off but i don't know about that now, we will see but i just loved the
play from #29 on Sunday.

[XenoMorph]

(12-01-2015, 08:59 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Leon Hall man, this dude made tons of great plays against the Rams. Covered well, tackled great and got his 3rd TD
of his career. I thought he might be starting to fall off but i don't know about that now, we will see but i just loved the
play from #29 on Sunday.

agreed i was ready to write him off... after that second achilles.

[jj22]

Everyone took all the good options but I'll go with Peko. Probably because of how well Geno is playing but Peko has had a better year this year than last.

[BengalFanInNJ]

(12-01-2015, 09:55 AM)OBX Bengal Wrote: Any discussion of hat tipping has to include our long snapper, Clark Harris.  In his seven years as a Bengal, he has never missed a game and with nearly 1000 career snaps, he has never made an unplayable snap.  He snaps with passion and his snaps are a thing of beauty.  He is not afraid to get dirty, averaging over two special team tackles a year.  He is a team first player,  a great ball handler with a good locker room presence, and one of the few players in the league that can successfully wear a man bun.

And a Rutgers alum from Jersey!!!!!

Monmouth County in da house!!!!

[XenoMorph]

Tip of the hat to all the rookies who got playing time yesterday and still did their jobs well... And non rookies that dont play much as well... I believe we saw

Troy Hill
Josh Shaw
Obg
Fisher
Alford
Uzhoman
Kroft
McCarron
Shawn Williams
Devon Smith
oh and i believe i saw big number 99 on the field as well..

tip to the hat to all of you

[fredtoast]

(12-07-2015, 11:28 AM)XenoMorph Wrote: oh and i believe i saw big number  99 on the field as well..

Yep.  Clarke was not even active.

Hunt was also playing on kick coverage team.  Gave him a chance to use that top speed.

[hitchopottimus]

(12-01-2015, 11:01 AM)XenoMorph Wrote: one thing about Dre.... is he seems to shine in the bright lights.... for the most part at least  cant wait to see him come playoffs

One other thing about Dre that doesn't always show on the stat sheet - he seems to have a knack at catching people from behind for tackles. Every time a running back starts to break one, Dre seems to get an angle and track him down. Turns the plays where the D gets best into into 20 yard gains rather than touchdowns. A big reason this D doesn't break.