Notes from Voluntary Practice

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(04-22-2025, 06:38 PM)Joelist Wrote: I went and pulled this back up from a past post:

I got curious and took a look at the defensive sack numbers last season. Per Pro Football Reference 36 total sacks and - interestingly - 18 of them after Lou changed the defense. BJ Hill had 3, Ossai 4, Jenkins 2, Jackson 1, Trey 6 with the other 2 scattered amongst safety and LB. Interesting.

The above numbers were in 6 games. So we got 6 sacks off of DT in the last 6 games. With the lack of experience there this could be the rookies starting to blossom as 3 of the 6 were from them. We'll have to see - we did not take bums at DT last draft. Jenkins had a Round 2 grade and Jackson was graded by some where we took him.

When did Hubbard lose his job to Ossai? Based on these stats, once Ossai went from part time to full time his numbers increased a ton as he had 4 of his 5 the last 6 games.

https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals-team-stats?category=defense&season=2024&seasonType=reg&sort=def_sck&sortOrder=desc

We also had no sacks in week 18 against Steelers. Ossai only had 1 sack in first 11 games so he definitely produced later in the year.

One more intersting fact. Ossai had 26 tackles playing part time and 20 assists, Trey playing fiulltime (3 down DE) had only 33 tackles and 16 assists. Overall Ossai must be better against the run than Trey.
In 14 games Hubbard had 2 sacks, 25 tackles and 16 assist. Hubbard used to be our best at holding the edge, yet Ossai was better in 2024.

Maybe the guy we are overlooking is Ossai to break out in 2025 based on last year. Naybe Murphy is where Ossai was in 2023 so longer way to go be a good DE.