04-07-2025, 12:38 AM
In defense of the DL sack numbers:
There is lots of talk about how bad the Bengals line was outside of Trey. I would like to point out a few stats.
The Bengals got more sacks from their DL(34.5) than any team in the NFL but Houston(42.5),
They did this with Hubbard starting 14 games and having 2 sacks.
Denver led the league in sacks with 63, 39.5 coming from the LB position in a 3-4. The top 4 sacking teams all run a 3-4.
The Bengals got ZERO sacks from their LBs and Safeties and 1.5 from their CBs. This is some vanilla BS.
I still think the Bengals need to draft a pass rusher this year, but I fully expect Al Golden to get some contributions from elsewhere on the defense.
There is lots of talk about how bad the Bengals line was outside of Trey. I would like to point out a few stats.
The Bengals got more sacks from their DL(34.5) than any team in the NFL but Houston(42.5),
They did this with Hubbard starting 14 games and having 2 sacks.
Denver led the league in sacks with 63, 39.5 coming from the LB position in a 3-4. The top 4 sacking teams all run a 3-4.
The Bengals got ZERO sacks from their LBs and Safeties and 1.5 from their CBs. This is some vanilla BS.
I still think the Bengals need to draft a pass rusher this year, but I fully expect Al Golden to get some contributions from elsewhere on the defense.
