Does Lou have a new(er) defense in mind? I saw a lot of speed in their DB picks (4.38) and the announcer is talking about Anderson as a linebacker after he ran a 4.36. Tom Lambe, Fairborn, OH
TOM: Like I say, you can't think about Anarumo's defense in terms of positions. It's about the matchup and a specific opponent. It's not a "newer," defense. It's still a hybrid 3-4 defense. It just got more multiple. The Bengals are focused on having good space athletes to give "multiple multiples" as they contend with today's NFL and mobile quarterbacks like Lamar Jackson and company. Flexibility and speed.
Geoff, not the person, buy why a CB when need to u\ptrad the edge, the LBs, and More upgrade to OL. Glenn Groh, Cincinnati, OH
GLENN: Given the time you sent this in, you're referring to the pick of Michigan safety-cornerback Dax Hill in the first round. First of all, it was a best-player-on-the-board pick. Not only that, it fit their biggest need of the draft, which was depth at defensive back and they got two in one at No. 31 in a guy ranked in the teens on their board.
So they stuck to their grades. Best player. And they knew they would attack the other spots later and they did. Except linebacker, where they don't need an upgrade and like the guys in the current room.
Why did the Bengals concentrate on DBs so heavily when Super Bowl showed weakness in offensive line men to protect the QB? And also showed need for more penetration from defensive line. Robert Van Nortwick, Broken Arrow, OK
ROBERT: A month before the draft, the Bengals spent about $30 million in cash and committed nearly $75 million on three starting offensive linemen, according to overthecap.com In the last draft they chose three offensive linemen and one this year. Meanwhile, before the draft they had no safety under contract beyond 2022 and four cornerbacks with experience.
And penetration from their defensive line was a major strength. Look how nose tackle D.J. Reader Kinged Derrick Henry in the AFC Divisional and how the line made the Rams one-dimensional in the Super Bowl, holding them to 1.9 yards per their 23 runs.
So with all due respect, they did address offensive line. They just did it in March and not April.
With all of the outstanding offensive playmakers the Bengals now have, would you envision them adopting a more wide-open playbook similar to what KC does with their playmakers, thus giving defenses more to prepare for and to defend? Chris Ramsey, Lebanon, OH
CHRIS: It seems to me the Bengals are pretty wide open already, certainly right there with teams like the Chiefs. According to Sharp Football Analysis, no team ran a higher percentage of three-receiver sets than the Bengals. They were at 77 percent (Washington was at 75 percent) while the Chiefs were at 67 percent. The Bengals went with four receivers 23 times, the Chiefs seven. The Bengals' 16 passes of at least 40 yards beat everybody but the Rams' 18. KC had 11.
Can they get much more wide open? The harder question is going to be as defenses back up to protect against the Bengals passing attack, do the Bengals run the ball more and take advantage of smaller boxes? Remember that chess board at Joe Burrow's locker last season? The chess game within the chess game never stops.
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