Bengals trade CB David Jones to Jax for S Reggie Nelson

[DelhiBengal]

Reedy Link

[kingwilly]

Getting Nelson, and putting him in this defense, is a very very good move.

This guy is a serious player.

Love the move.

[BlainThePain]

http://www.bengals.com/news/article-1/Source-Bengals-trade-for-Reggie-Nelson/29dd7cc1-3b8e-4b35-a318-a342acbb266c

A NFL source confirmed Saturday the Bengals have traded for Jaguars safety Reggie Nelson in exchange for cornerback David Jones and a conditional draft pick.

[NJ29]

I absolutely love this pickup.

[cincyhokie]

Great great move.

I love this team lately. Making moves that have little risk. Making moves with greater risk. Admitting mistakes and cutting players who don't fit....

TO, A. Jones, Benson, trading when needed....love it.

[Stripes]

I can't think of any reason to complain. Our 5th cornerback traded for a player whose immense upside might stabilize our safety problem? Hell, he might be an upgrade over Gibril Wilson.

It's easy to exaggerate though, since Nelson was a player many of us wanted the year he went in the first round. It can't be ignored that he's done essentially nothing since. We'll see whether it was the Jags moving him to CB or him simply not being the player he looked like he could be.

[BengalszoneBilly]

If he's in, who's out?

[HoosierCat]

Per Reedy the Bengals tossed in a conditional pick in 2011, too. Dot know what the details are.

[HoosierCat]

If he's in, who's out?

Jones was never cut. Just a 1 for 1 swap.

[cincyhokie]

If he's in, who's out?

They kept a safety spot open. Roy Williams, Crocker, Ndukwe, and Nelson. Every other safety was cut.

[cincyhokie]

I can't think of any reason to complain. Our 5th cornerback traded for a player whose immense upside might stabilize our safety problem? Hell, he might be an upgrade over Gibril Wilson.

It's easy to exaggerate though, since Nelson was a player many of us wanted the year he went in the first round. It can't be ignored that he's done essentially nothing since. We'll see whether it was the Jags moving him to CB or him simply not being the player he looked like he could be.

Something isn't right somewhere because he had a great rookie season.

[COB]

If he's in, who's out?

They kept a safety spot open. Roy Williams, Crocker, Ndukwe, and Nelson. Every other safety was cut.

Nelson better be able to play, because with Williams' and Crocker's injury tendencies, he'll be playing a lot.

[volcom69]

I can't think of any reason to complain. Our 5th cornerback traded for a player whose immense upside might stabilize our safety problem? Hell, he might be an upgrade over Gibril Wilson.

It's easy to exaggerate though, since Nelson was a player many of us wanted the year he went in the first round. It can't be ignored that he's done essentially nothing since. We'll see whether it was the Jags moving him to CB or him simply not being the player he looked like he could be.

Something isn't right somewhere because he had a great rookie season.

What wasnt right was that he didnt have Zimmer as his coach!

This is a great move, getting a young saftey someone who Zimmer can coach up are you kidding me what is there not to like about this move. He is somebody who can take over when Roy or Chris isnt playing. Awsome move!

[Stripes]

Something isn't right somewhere because he had a great rookie season.

I thought so too, but sometimes looks are deceiving. A guy like Dunta Robinson is a good example of a player who made a lot of big plays as a rookie which ended up masking his actual poor play for that year and the many that have come after. I'm confident that Nelson will be okay though, typically this defensive staff has been pretty damned good at picking up defensive talent which also fits the scheme.

[cincyhokie]

Something isn't right somewhere because he had a great rookie season.

I thought so too, but sometimes looks are deceiving. A guy like Dunta Robinson is a good example of a player who made a lot of big plays as a rookie which ended up masking his actual poor play for that year and the many that have come after. I'm confident that Nelson will be okay though, typically this defensive staff has been pretty damned good at picking up defensive talent which also fits the scheme.

Yep. I'm hoping what wasn't right was that he was out of position. I have a good feeling about this trade.

[kingwilly]

Detroit just released Ko Simpson....

Wow, can't make the roster in Detroit?

[JoeMama]

Reggie Nelson is horrendously bad. You'll find that out soon enough.

I live in Jax and have seen most of his games. He is one of the worst pass defenders in the league. Somewhere, there's a youtube video showing all his ridiculously busted plays.

[ShulaSteakhouse]

Reggie Nelson is horrendously bad. You'll find that out soon enough.

I live in Jax and have seen most of his games. He is one of the worst pass defenders in the league. Somewhere, there's a youtube video showing all his ridiculously busted plays.

A guy who had 69 tackles and 5 passes defensed last year, plus 7 int's in 3 years, is "horrendously bad?"

Cmon...

[membengal]

Great proactive move by Cincy. Agree with thought upthread that this is a Bengals front office of a different stripe of late.

[Stripes]

Reggie Nelson is horrendously bad. You'll find that out soon enough.

I live in Jax and have seen most of his games. He is one of the worst pass defenders in the league. Somewhere, there's a youtube video showing all his ridiculously busted plays.

A guy who had 69 tackles and 5 passes defensed last year, plus 7 int's in 3 years, is "horrendously bad?"

Cmon...

Those numbers don't suggest to me that he wasn't horrendously bad. I'm not saying he's that awful either, especially since he won't even play the same position here that he played in Jacksonville. I simply don't figure any arbitrary tackle total or only five passes defensed is enough to convince anyone of a defensive back's worth. Interceptions are rather reliant upon circumstance too, and make bad players like Antonio Cromartie took better than they are.

[volcom69]

Reggie Nelson is horrendously bad. You'll find that out soon enough.

I live in Jax and have seen most of his games. He is one of the worst pass defenders in the league. Somewhere, there's a youtube video showing all his ridiculously busted plays.

Seriously dude, you dont know what Zim can do. Every player on this defense was horrilbe till Zimmer came and coached. Crocker was horrilbe, Roy Williams was horrilbe, Adam Jones was horrilbe, so right about now ill take a horrilbe Reggie Nelson over a CB that will not play.

[ArmyBengal]

Some players just need a change in scenery and this is one change I absolutely love. Put Nelson in our secondary, with JJoe and Hall at the corner spots and I have little issue. Does he have issues ?? Maybe, but who doesn't ?? Not only that, but my buddy is who is HUGE Jags fan says they never used him properly and were constantly moving him around to different positions when there was coaching changes. There is only one position he will be playing here and that, coupled with the other players, wil benefit him AND the Bengals.

Plus we got him for a player many thought wouldn't even make this team to begin with. Low risk I would say, right ??

[JoeMama]

Reggie Nelson is horrendously bad. You'll find that out soon enough.

I live in Jax and have seen most of his games. He is one of the worst pass defenders in the league. Somewhere, there's a youtube video showing all his ridiculously busted plays.

A guy who had 69 tackles and 5 passes defensed last year, plus 7 int's in 3 years, is "horrendously bad?"

Cmon...

Stats, normally reliable, but don't tell the whole story here.

I promise you, this guy is very feast or famine.

He can make plays, I won't deny that. But he has major problems as a safety net; he blows way too many big plays to be considered a "good" safety.

He's middle of the road at best.

I think a lot of people are being blind-sided by his draft position. Go browse some Jax forums and see what people who watch him every Sunday think of him.

Like I said, you'll understand once the season's underway.

[volcom69]

Reggie Nelson is horrendously bad. You'll find that out soon enough.

I live in Jax and have seen most of his games. He is one of the worst pass defenders in the league. Somewhere, there's a youtube video showing all his ridiculously busted plays.

A guy who had 69 tackles and 5 passes defensed last year, plus 7 int's in 3 years, is "horrendously bad?"

Cmon...

Stats, normally reliable, but don't tell the whole story here.

I promise you, this guy is very feast or famine.

He can make plays, I won't deny that. But he has major problems as a safety net; he blows way too many big plays to be considered a "good" safety.

He's middle of the road at best.

I think a lot of people are being blind-sided by his draft position. Go browse some Jax forums and see what people who watch him every Sunday think of him.

Like I said, you'll understand once the season's underway.

Like i said i think you under estimate what Zimmer can do. He can take nobodys (what this defense was) and make them play to there top potential. He will move back to his normal postion, and with Zimmer i bet his tackling will improve so much.

So many guys here will tell you what the tackling, and what this defense was before Zimmer got here.....it was crap!!!!

[TecmoFever]

It is easy to get hyped on Nelson based on his draft position and potential coming out of college, but let's just assume that he is what he has been at Jacksonville--and that is a safety who was good enough to start double-digit games.

All I know is that if one or two of our three brittle safeties goes down, I feel a LOT better knowing that Reggie Nelson will be on the field instead of the likes of Kyries Hebert, Rico Murray, or Tom Nelson.

For that piece of mind--and knowing that all we gave up for him was a quality, but expendable player--I am VERY happy about this trade. Throw in the bonus of knowing that we got a talented player with two years left on his contract who could hypothetically be a quality starter if he is put in the right situation with the right coaching, and I'm VERY, VERY happy with this trade. (Yes, that was a major run-on sentence.)