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Will Pat Sims see some snaps this week with Thornton injured

Dave looks into the future with the Bengals defense. The secondary is, by far, our best looking youth movement, in terms of talent, on the verge of having very good depth. I believe our linebackers are solid, and are growing, in terms of solid foundation; though Dhani Jones has performed above my expectations this season leading the NFL in tackles.

However, the defensive tackles. John Thornton is playing his final season, and it's not likely the Bengals sign him back. Lewis also told us that Jason Shirley is having a "redshirt freshman" year, while he concludes his legal obligations.

Pat Sims is close to getting snaps on the field, having dealt with injuries that hasn't given Marvin Lewis confidence just yet; however, Lewis has said that Sims will be getting snaps, and he's excited about it too. On Wednesday, Pat Sims injured his thigh, but felt better as the week went on. With John Thornton suffering an injury to his achilles this week, Sims could start seeing snaps against the Jets.

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I’d like to see Sims play.
Geathers and Odom haven’t had many sacks, but I think a lot of the has to do with the lack of pressure of the middle. It seems like there have been a number of plays where we are getting pressure around the end, and the QB just steps up and makes the throw.
There will undoubtedly be some growing pains, but Sims is bigger and stronger than Thornton so let’s let him play and see what happens.

by R.F. Mehl on Oct 11, 2008 11:55 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Geathers and Odom sacks

Combined, they have 1.5 sacks.

Geathers signed a six-year, $33.75 million contract.
Odom signed a five-year, $29.5 million contract.

That’s $63.25 million for two pass rushers.

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by Kirkendall on Oct 11, 2008 12:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Geathers and Odom need to play better for sure, but if you’d but then in on the Giants, Titans or Bears D-line, I’d bet they’d have a decent number of sacks.

But I guess your point is that if they are getting paid as much as they are, they should be able to produce on any team.

by R.F. Mehl on Oct 11, 2008 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My point

Is that if they’re going to be paid THAT much, they should be producing; no excuses either. Odom hasn’t done well on against the rush either, at times having Rucker play in place of Odom.

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by Kirkendall on Oct 11, 2008 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Odom's only sack

was actually reaching out and knocking the ball loose from the QB’s- Collins?- hand, so he didn’t actually hit anybody. I could have that many sacks. I say we play both Sims and Shirley. They can’t be any worse and we see if there’s something to work with there.

by IgnatiusJReilly on Oct 11, 2008 6:03 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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