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So who's the starting strong safety?


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Okay, I figured that Anthony Mitchell would get the starting strong safety job, but now Kaesviharn is listed as the starter. A few questions:

Will H.D. Jones ever crack the lineup?

Can Mitchell win the job?

Can Ohalete climb the ladder?

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I think Olahete will start against the Browns or @ least as soon as they think he's got a good feel for the D. KK was pencilled in as a starter when Herring got injured but ML said a couple of weeks ago that the list of starters is just a piece of paper for you media guys,since it's still preseason I'm sure that still applies. I'm anxious to see Olahete this week, from what everyone saying he's a big SS & solid vs. the run & imo our biggest weakness for years has been stopping the run so we can use as many sure tacklers as we can get ! GO BENGALS!!! Jonboat

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As long as ML is hellbent on interchangeable safeties, they'd better have safeties who can bring some pop vs. run. Ohalete is a headhunter who'll coldcock runners better than K2 and fight off blocks near the line and second level much, much better.

Coverage wise, I watched a WR go down over the middle rather than take a full lick from Ohalete a couple days ago in a pre-season game. He'll make his share of WRs sprout alligator arms, so long as he can be in position to rock their worlds.

But he's still got to show ML he can swing between SS and FS before he gets the starting nod. He's still got to compete just to make the team in the first place, so it's pretty much up to Ohalete IMO.

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Anyone who follows college football closely has probably heard of Jammal Brimmer, the rookie S from UNLV. He was projected as a first rounder a few years ago, but he was just cut by Seattle. I know there is a reason he got cut, but it doesn't hurt that Seattle might have the best S combo in the league. I don't know if this guy has anything to offer or if the Bengals are interested, but he is a guy people might want to keep an eye on.

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Anyone who follows college football closely has probably heard of Jammal Brimmer, the rookie S from UNLV. He was projected as a first rounder a few years ago, but he was just cut by Seattle. I know there is a reason he got cut, but it doesn't hurt that Seattle might have the best S combo in the league. I don't know if this guy has anything to offer or if the Bengals are interested, but he is a guy people might want to keep an eye on.

Do you think Jammal Brimmer is better than KK, or Myles?

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Ohalete.

The Bengals' prospects this season got brigher with his availability and, sad to say, Herring's injury. Herring was scaring me to death back there at Safety. And that was before the great Owens-non-cover fiasco 2005.

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I'm shocked that K2 is listed as starter. I like K2 just for the fact he works his arse off and has heart...but he cannot shed blocks! He's a good back up to have, and has filled the role of back-up time and time again without a complaint from me. But him as a starting SS? Pawleeze!

Oh well...maybe he has practiced better this year then he did last year. Watching TJ catch balls that he would have dropped 2 years ago changed my mindset on things. People can learn new tricks in the offseason.

2 years ago, I would have taken Danny Farmer over TJ any day of the week and twice on Sunday. Now that just seems like a stupid remark *shrug*

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Not taking a safety in the first day of the draft may cost the Bengals the playoffs. SS is a disaster. I'm praying Ohalte is pretty damned good.

God forbid we take David Pollack to replace Kevin Hardy in round one, the most talented linebacker in the draft in round 2, and a talented wide out in round three. What were we thinking not drafting one of the safeties who NOONE EVEN BOTHERED TO DRAFT on day one. Did you look at the draft this year? Who would you have had us draft at the safety position and when? It was a weak draft for safety. So, we didn't take one.

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Not taking a safety in the first day of the draft may cost the Bengals the playoffs.  SS is a disaster.  I'm praying Ohalte is pretty damned good.

God forbid we take David Pollack to replace Kevin Hardy in round one, the most talented linebacker in the draft in round 2, and a talented wide out in round three. What were we thinking not drafting one of the safeties who NOONE EVEN BOTHERED TO DRAFT on day one. Did you look at the draft this year? Who would you have had us draft at the safety position and when? It was a weak draft for safety. So, we didn't take one.

So they should have traded up for Davis. Teams with competence can do these things.

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Not taking a safety in the first day of the draft may cost the Bengals the playoffs.  SS is a disaster.  I'm praying Ohalte is pretty damned good.

God forbid we take David Pollack to replace Kevin Hardy in round one, the most talented linebacker in the draft in round 2, and a talented wide out in round three. What were we thinking not drafting one of the safeties who NOONE EVEN BOTHERED TO DRAFT on day one. Did you look at the draft this year? Who would you have had us draft at the safety position and when? It was a weak draft for safety. So, we didn't take one.

So they should have traded up for Davis. Teams with competence can do these things.

Do you really think Davis was worth a first and a fourth round picK? Because that's what it would have taken to get him.

Is Davis worth not getting Pollack? Only time will tell. Personally I like what we did.

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At one point, Brimmer was the top Safety prospect in the nation, but chose to go back to school. The national televised game vs. Tennessee featured Brimmer blowing some coverage and missing a few tackles and all of a sudden he's undrafted and apparrently unwanted.

Ohalate and KK should split time, giving 34 the coverage assignments on passing downs. Ohalate can sit in the box on running downs. Both are going to get targeted by the opponent, so Marvin has to be creative and move Madieu around to keep teams guessing.

Reggie Myles was also mentioned earlier in the offseason. I love his speed and attitude. Was #37 a bust at safety?

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Not taking a safety in the first day of the draft may cost the Bengals the playoffs.  SS is a disaster.  I'm praying Ohalte is pretty damned good.

God forbid we take David Pollack to replace Kevin Hardy in round one, the most talented linebacker in the draft in round 2, and a talented wide out in round three. What were we thinking not drafting one of the safeties who NOONE EVEN BOTHERED TO DRAFT on day one. Did you look at the draft this year? Who would you have had us draft at the safety position and when? It was a weak draft for safety. So, we didn't take one.

So they should have traded up for Davis. Teams with competence can do these things.

Do you really think Davis was worth a first and a fourth round picK? Because that's what it would have taken to get him.

Is Davis worth not getting Pollack? Only time will tell. Personally I like what we did.

For one thing, depth at safety wasn't that bad - there were guys who went in the second through fourth rounds who could probably help right now. And Davis might have been worth trading up for too. It's not so much that he's better than Pollack, it's that Davis would keep KK, Herring, and Mitchell off the field. Although Herring will be keeping himself off the field for a while.

Bottom line is we really need Oahalete to pan out, because KK and Mitchell aren't going to get it done - did you watch the Redskins and Eagles games?

I mean, really, I don't want to punt this season because of a safety, but that position is outrageously weak right now.

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