Jason Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Who do you think it will be? Which "kid" takes a major step forward this year? Andrew Billings, the big strong DT? Mario Alford the burner at WR and hopeful KR? William Jackson III the long fast CB who may be the most athletically gifted of the CBs? Cody Core the big fast WR? Marcus Hardison the swing DE/DT? PJ Dawson the instinctive WLB? Or someone else? Or maybe no one? Who do you think, and why? I'd like to leave guys like Tyler Kroft and Shawn Williams who are somewhat "obvious" out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRAPradio Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Marcus Hunt...I'm kidding. I'd love for Will Clarke or Jeremy Hill to have huge years...but if I had to put money on someone it would be Tyler Boyd. I think with Eifert missing pre season at the least he'll have ample opportunities to make plays. Teams will focus on AJ and he should see tons of single coverage. I'd expect 52 catches for 800 yards and 6 TDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnglishBengal Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 36 minutes ago, WRAPradio said: Marcus Hunt...I'm kidding. I'd love for Will Clarke or Jeremy Hill to have huge years...but if I had to put money on someone it would be Tyler Boyd. I think with Eifert missing pre season at the least he'll have ample opportunities to make plays. Teams will focus on AJ and he should see tons of single coverage. I'd expect 52 catches for 800 yards and 6 TDs. ^^This Plus Andrew Billings, because he'll get more snaps down given the new D-Line coach planning to use players on a more rotational basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyrid Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Not sure if he counts, but I think Dennard could emerge in a big way. I've been watching some Bengals games on NFL rewind the past few weeks and he really stood out mid-season and seemed to be coming on fast before the shoulder injury. He looked especially good in the Bills game. The slot CB plays 70-75% of the snaps and he should have that role locked down. Wouldn't be shocked if he also pushed Kirkpatrick to the bench when we play just 2 corners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimKrumrieFan Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 James Wright. Marcus Hardison, Deshawn Williams will both surprise people I think. Boyd I consider obvious but him and Kroft too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whodey1971 Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 It needs to be Cedric Ogbuehi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve4192 Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 Hopefully it is one of the young LBs. I'd love to see Dawson/Vigil make a move to bump Rey down the depth chart another spot or two, and play well enough to make Maualuga/Dansby expendable when their contracts are up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve4192 Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 I'd also like to see Hardison step up and really seize the Gilberry DE/DT tweener role for himself. That would alleviate a lot of the concern over second-string DEs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyrid Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 1 hour ago, Steve4192 said: I'd also like to see Hardison step up and really seize the Gilberry DE/DT tweener role for himself. That would alleviate a lot of the concern over second-string DEs. I'm not sure Hardison is going to be as much of a tweener as everyone thinks. He seems like more of a pure DT. He's currently listed at 6'3, 315 and looks at least that big in the OTA photos. Can't think of many guys who get snaps at 4-3 DE who are in the 310-320 range. (Gilberry was listed at 270 for comparison's sake.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimKrumrieFan Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 25 minutes ago, happyrid said: I'm not sure Hardison is going to be as much of a tweener as everyone thinks. He seems like more of a pure DT. He's currently listed at 6'3, 315 and looks at least that big in the OTA photos. Can't think of many guys who get snaps at 4-3 DE who are in the 310-320 range. (Gilberry was listed at 270 for comparison's sake.) I thought Hobson said Hardison dropped 15 pounds this offseason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyrid Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 2 minutes ago, TimKrumrieFan said: I thought Hobson said Hardison dropped 15 pounds this offseason? Don't remember that, but you may be right. He still looks like a DT to me (#91 in orange shorts): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 22 hours ago, WRAPradio said: Marcus Hunt...I'm kidding. I'd love for Will Clarke or Jeremy Hill to have huge years...but if I had to put money on someone it would be Tyler Boyd. I think with Eifert missing pre season at the least he'll have ample opportunities to make plays. Teams will focus on AJ and he should see tons of single coverage. I'd expect 52 catches for 800 yards and 6 TDs. This. Boyd will get more snaps because of Eiffert being hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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