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Rank |
Player |
Last Week |
Change |
Notes |
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1 |
Geno Atkins |
1 |
-- |
Another dominant game by Atkins as both a run and pass defender. |
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2 |
A.J. Green |
2 |
-- |
This was easily Green's worst game of the season if not his career. He wasn't his self; dropped two balls and seemed out-of-it at times. |
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3 |
Andre Smith |
3 |
-- |
I think the Bengals now have three elite players at their respective positions. After Andre Smith, the drop off is significant. |
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4 |
Andrew Whitworth |
7 |
+3 |
Very good pass protection day by Whitworth against DeMarcus Ware. Did they run left besides the reverse? |
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5 |
Leon Hall |
6 |
+1 |
Loved Hall's game for about 95% of the snaps. Great against the run and in coverage except that bracket coverage on Bryant's TD. |
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6 |
Kevin Zeitler |
4 |
-2 |
OK, now he's hitting that rookie wall. Zeitler seems to have hit that plateau. |
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7 |
Andy Dalton |
5 |
-2 |
Dalton was poor again this week. He felt phantom pressure and missed high on too many throws. |
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8 |
Jermaine Gresham |
10 |
+2 |
Gresham is playing his best football. That one-handed catch was nuts and he flashed as a blocker again. |
|
9 |
Adam Jones |
8 |
-1 |
He kept everything in front of him but I felt like he could've had tighter coverage and he missed a big tackle on Cowboys' first drive. |
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10 |
Carlos Dunlap |
8 |
-2 |
Dunlap is playing very good against the run right now. We need to focus on that. |
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11 |
Reggie Nelson |
13 |
+2 |
Nelson had an interception, sack and set a physical tone in the secondary. |
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12 |
Michael Johnson |
12 |
-- |
Johnson had a solid pass rushing game against an equally-athletic Cowboys LT. |
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13 |
Andrew Hawkins |
17 |
+4 |
Hawkins has helped me forget about Sanu's injury. He's picked up where he left off. |
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14 |
BenJarvus Green-Ellis |
18 |
+4 |
He running through huge holes, but BJGE has been better in pass protection and dragging tacklers lately. |
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15 |
Clint Boling |
11 |
-4 |
Poor day all around for Boling. The only game where he really hurt the offense. |
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16 |
Rey Maualuga |
14 |
-2 |
Decent coverage on Jason Witten, who is an obvious HOF tight end. Good run defense all around. |
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17 |
Vontaze Burfict |
15 |
-2 |
Burfict had one of his better days of the past 4-6 weeks. |
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18 |
Terrence Newman |
16 |
-2 |
Newman could've closed the game with two interception opportunities. He failed to deliver and then gave poor effort on the Cowboys last play. |
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19 |
Domata Peko |
19 |
-- |
He was really good against the run. One of the few games where Peko made an impact. |
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20 |
Kevin Huber |
NR |
-- |
Huber needs to be recognized for the year he's having. He needs to be re-signed. |
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