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oldschooler Posted March 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 The New Orleans Saints are visiting with former Carolina Panthers safety Kurt ColemanThursday night in Indianapolis, according to Josh Katzenstein of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Coleman was released by the Panthers earlier this week after spending the last three seasons in Carolina. The report cites multiple teams interested in Coleman’s services. One of those teams appears to be the Cincinnati Bengals. Per Katherine Terrell of ESPN.com, Coleman also met with the Bengals Thursday night and added there is “mutual interest for a deal to get done.” Coleman started all 42 games he appeared in over the last three seasons for the Panthers. He recorded at least 90 tackles in each of his first two seasons in Carolina with 11 total interceptions over that span. However, Coleman missed four games last season and didn’t record an interception for just the second time in his eight-year career. The Saints could use help at safety following their decision to move on from Kenny Vaccaro. The Bengals have both George Iloka and Shawn Williams under contract through 2020, which would seemingly lessen the need for Coleman’s services. Iloka started all 16 games for Cincinnati last season with Williams starting all 11 games he played in. https://sports.yahoo.com/reports-kurt-coleman-visiting-saints-041353137.html?src=rss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschooler Posted March 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 Former Ohio State and Northmont High School standout Kurt Coleman met with the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. The Carolina Panthers on Monday cut the free safety with two years remaining on the three-year, $17 million extension he signed following the team’s run to the Super Bowl in 2015. “In viewing him on tape, I thought he fit the things schematically we want to see and felt really good about his ability to help us continue to upgrade the defensive football team,” Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis said Friday morning. Coleman, who will turn 30 on July 1, has 21 career interceptions in eight seasons with the Eagles, Chiefs and Panthers. He missed four games last year with a knee injury and failed to record an interception for just the second time in his career. He passed a physical in Cincinnati before driving to Indianapolis to meet with Bengals coaches. https://www.daytondailynews.com/sports/former-osu-northmont-star-meets-with-bengals/grl6RlApDTA1JcKxk6fJqO/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschooler Posted March 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 Coleman visit points to emphasis on turnovers Posted 10 hours ago Geoff HobsonEditorBengals.comFollow Me Blog A A New Bengals DC Teryl Austin met with former Panthers safety Kurt Coleman Thursday. INDIANAPOLIS - The Bengals appeared to be mulling a major change at safety Thursday night when they met with former Panther Kurt Coleman and his agent here at the NFL scouting combine. Coleman, who turns 30 before training camp, made the drive from Paul Brown Stadium after undergoing a physical and meeting with new Bengals defensive coordinator Teryl Austin. Reports also had Coleman meeting with the Saints in Indy. According to Joe Person of The Charlotte Observer, Coleman had a salary cap number of $5.15 million for 2018 after signing a three-year extension following Carolina’s Super Bowl season of 2015. The Panthers cut him earlier this week after Coleman missed four games last season with a sprained knee and finished without an interception. But it is Coleman’s 11 interceptions that were the most in the NFC over the 2015 and 2016 seasons that have apparently caught the Bengals’ eye. Since the Bengals extended starting safeties George Iloka and Shawn Williams after Pro Bowler Reggie Nelson left after his eight-pick season in 2015, they’ve combined for a total of eight interceptions with four each. They had one each last season as the Bengals logged 11 interceptions, their fewest in the 15 seasons under head coach Marvin Lewis. Generating more turnovers has been a theme since Austin arrived in January. He came from coordinating a Lions defense that had the NFL’s third most turnovers last year and the visit with Coleman may indicate a change in philosophy. Iloka and Williams have been interchangeable at free and strong safety, but at 5-11, 195 pounds Coleman is built more like the traditional center-fielder at free safety. Coleman is Lewis’ kind of guy, a veteran leader who started 42 games over his three seasons with Carolina and had a rep as a good locker room guy. He’s also an Ohio guy who grew up in Clayton, a 75-minute drive to Cincinnati, and a Buckeye that wen t to Ohio State out of Northmont High School. He’s looking for his fourth team after the Eagles took him in the seventh round in the 2010 draft and is trying to add to his career total of 21 interceptions, tied for 19th on the active list. “Kurt came in and brought leadership and direction to our young secondary. He helped us establish what our identity is,” Panthers coach Ron Rivera said when they released him. On Wednesday in his media availability at the combine Bengals director of player personnel Duke Tobin also touched on the lack of turnovers last season. The Bengals generated just 14 in 2017, their fewest ever. “You can scout the traits. Some of it is fortune. You can have years that are off years in that regard like we did this year. We’ll bounce back,” Tobin said. “But it’s about tackling the football, making that a point of emphasis and being a little bit more anticipatory in coverage. Jumping things maybe a little more aggressively and a lot of that revolves around the pass rush. As our pass rush increases with these guys coming into their second year, I think that will spark the turnovers a little bit, too.” http://www.bengals.com/news/article-1/Coleman-visit-points-to-emphasis-on-turnovers/58b11382-8e7e-47f1-bcfe-548d565596c1?campaign=cin:fanshare:twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omgdrdoom Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 It's interesting. I assumed if they were truly looking for a safety that they'd target someone in the draft and go that route. This is really surprising TBH. Both Williams and Iloka have outs in their contract starting this year so either could be cut, I'd hope it would be Williams over Iloka if they would keep 1 or the other. I'd assume the plan would be to keep all 3 and for Coleman - Iloka to be the starters with Williams being a situational extra DB and backup safety. Can't see them keeping Iloka around at $6M cap hit if the plan is Coleman - Williams as the starters. Williams cap hit is $4M this year so it wouldn't be totally crazy to keep him around for an extra year at that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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T-Dub Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 I don't see Iloka getting cut but Williams has been pretty "meh" IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|High School Harry| Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 2 hours ago, T-Dub said: I don't see Iloka getting cut but Williams has been pretty "meh" IMO meh minus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whodey365 Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 Coleman signed with the Saints on a 3 year deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluhartz Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 3 hours ago, whodey365 said: Coleman signed with the Saints on a 3 year deal. lol...another guy using the Bengals???? he got like 3 years and almost 20 million... they can have him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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-GoBengals- Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 lol, we are back to the days of getting Sapp'd. back to the days of free agents coming here to end their careers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatternMaster Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 The Saints are a better team and he will definitely start there, besides have you been to NO.... that place is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 We had arguably the worst OL in the entire league last year, so in free agency our FO goes hard after a slightly better than average safety & makes retaining their dreg of a center a top priority. I swear lifting the blackout rules removed any last incentive for winning with this franchise. They're content to show up and collect checks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|High School Harry| Posted March 4, 2018 Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 At least he didn't wipe his ass with the coach airline ticket like Tony Siragusa did. Or maybe he did. Bengals free agency ... so it begins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted March 4, 2018 Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 7 minutes ago, High School Harry said: At least he didn't wipe his ass with the coach airline ticket like Tony Siragusa did. Or maybe he did. Bengals free agency ... so it begins... Open tryouts & a Skyline gift card for the winners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatternMaster Posted March 4, 2018 Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 4 hours ago, T-Dub said: Open tryouts & a Skyline gift card for the winners You know Gold Star is the official chili of the Cincinnati Bengals...but yes, chasing after Kurt Coleman and publicly stating that they want to resign Bodine who is by far one of if not the worst starting centers in the NFL doesn't bode well for future of the franchise. The guys making the decisions seem to be clueless about fixing this mess they created...but hey the Bengals did sign Bobby Hart, a guy who admittedly quit on his team last year, that's the kind of player that will help the Bengals get that elusive playoff victory. Maybe one of the McPoyle's can play OT and we can sign him for cheap, like a lifetime supply of milk or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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|Bunghole| Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 It's weird to me that we would chase a safety in FA when that seems to me to be pretty far down the list of immediate needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalFanInTO Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 On 03/03/2018 at 10:21 AM, oldschooler said: Thank fuck they didn't pay that for Coleman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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