In yet another failed chapter in the history of Bengals Free Agency. How do they get it so wrong not once or twice, but everytime.
For all of the J Smith haters (LANCE) who thought that anything would be an upgrade how do you feel about this signing now?
We let a 3 down defender go for a 2 down defender. We let a guy who at least gave effort on every play go for a guy who stands straight up at the line on every play. We let a guy who has 28 tackels, 3 sacks, 1 int, and 1 pass defended go for a guy with 8 tackels, 1 forced fumble, and 1 pass defended.
I by no means think that Justin Smith is the reason that the Bangals are 0-5, but watching Odom play defense is like watching paint dry. He stands up straight on every play and is engaged and that is it. I have yet to see him trail a play or even give average effort on a series.
This is a perfect example of what the Bengals get in free agency, second or 3rd rate playes for roughly the same money as 1st rate players because no one that has any talent wants to waste it here!!!
While I agree Odom is mediocre at best. He is still 2/3 the price of J smith (6 yrs 45MM). Odoms was 5 year 29MM.
nickJ Smith is decent in a 3-4 system, but he is by far not the answer for the bengals.
No you can debale we should have moved to a 3-4 3 years ago and drafted accordingly.... but that is a different point.
Odom is equal to j smith in 4-3 system, for less money. He is not good and either is smith. But he didnt play week 1 and has 1 sack in 4 games. not good, but above justim smiths numbers in his contract year
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