Jungle Roar Who Needs Bengals Preseason Most, Mitchell Tinsley, Dohnte Meyers, McKinnley Jackson

It's got to be the defense.

Obviously, the size and ferocity of Dexter Lawrence has, I think, exceeded any expectations that we may have had going into it.

And I was just thinking about this earlier today.

Yesterday, there was a sack where Jonathan Allen and Dexter Lawrence had a nice little stunt.

Dexter came around from his left side to the right side.

Allen got in.

And I was just thinking...

You know, they've been in pads since last Monday, a week ago.

That's five practices.

Lawrence had a vet day one day.

Allen had a vet day another.

So really three days of live camp between those two.

And it seems like they already have such a great connection.

So, I mean, just to see that continue to go, we're going to have the preseason first game on Thursday, joint practice next week.

I mean, I'm excited to keep seeing how that grows.

Yeah, and I think a lot of the defensive line is about the knowns, right? And I did my first roster projection on Monday and people lose their mind and they're entitled to do that.

As I tweeted out, that's part of the point of doing roster projections is to elicit emotions, opinion.

Good or bad, think I'm a complete moron, which sometimes I am.

But you put those things out there from an informed point of view, which you and me are.

We have access to training camp.

But you also put out opinions.

To me, the fascinating part of a team with a roster as deep as the Bengals, and we presume talented, and we presume talented, presumed playoff worthy in caliber, is the back end of the roster.

Now, we know what Dexter Lawrence, Jonathan Allen, TJ Slayton, BJ Hill are going to bring to the mix.

To me, what's been interesting to watch in the last week or so of training camp you know, to your point with a couple of guys getting veteran days are the second and third teamers getting first team reps.

You can put McKinley Jackson and Chris Jenkins in there.