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Is Geathers Hurt?
Rib injury last week. May keep him out of practice and the final preseason game but he's expected to be ready in Week 1.
Is Geathers an up and comer? Do you think he can reach 40 solos and 11 sacks?
Definitely.
ONe last thing, will Geathers be an everydown player this year?
It looked that way in the first two preseason games.
So would you say that Brooks is slipping and Landon Johnson is climbing in the rankings?
Landon Johnson is undervalued right now. You can get him for next to nothing. He is a WLB and likely a 3 down one. He has put up solid numbers in the past. He was 26th in FBG scoring last year.
Absolutely. Johnson led the team in tackles last year in a very similar situation -- Brooks struggling in the middle, questionable safety play, only every down linebacker. Hartwell has been moved inside and Marshall is no threat to take snaps away leaving Johnson no competition. No reason to think he can't be a very good LB3 again this year.
Good insight, thanks.
Saw that earlier today. Bengals are so tight-lipped about these things that we won't know until after Jeanty is recovered. Best guess is that Jeanty's rib issue was a bigger deal than initially thought and he's got some chronic deal (i.e. bone spur in ankle or something related to the foot injury from last year) that could be taken care of while the rib injury finished healing.Probably moves Hartwell (or Miller) into the lineup at the WLB spot with Johnson moving to the SLB.
That's what he's doing in today's game. 1 sack so far.
When is he eligible to apply for reinstatement again? Does this affect that at all?
Nope. Damage is done for this year unless something happens with his appeal, which I'd think is unlikely. Next shot at reinstatement is 6 months I believe.
Unless his reinstatement was denied because of the probation violation, but that's doubtful. We still don't know why he was denied though.
The probation violation probably was a contributing factor, but I think it is unlikely that today's decision would sway the Goodell. The judge threw out the charges because Thurman has NOW complied with the conditions of his probation - fine and treatment. He had not complied with the conditions in a timely manner - hence the charge and the denial of re-instatement. From Goodell's perspective, it is probably too little too late - Thurman new what he had to do, and did not do so. I am a Bengal fan, so I hope that Goodell does reinstate Thurman, but I think it will be January at the earliest - assuming Thurman keeps out of trouble. For his sake I hope he does - he strikes me as immature, rather than incorrigible ala Vick, Pac Man and Tank Johnson, so I think he deserves another shot.
I was just about to post this. This pretty much erodes most of the value that Landon Johnson has right?
I don't think so. Johnson played SLB a number of times in 2006 and did well. He'll draw a bunch of coverage responsibility on Todd Heap this week so he should still be a good LB3 play.I was just about to post this. This pretty much erodes most of the value that Landon Johnson has right?
This HAS to hurt Landon Johnson's value to some degree, going from Weakside to Strongside in a 4-3? The question is, how much does it help Caleb Miller's value?I don't think so. Johnson played SLB a number of times in 2006 and did well. He'll draw a bunch of coverage responsibility on Todd Heap this week so he should still be a good LB3 play.I was just about to post this. This pretty much erodes most of the value that Landon Johnson has right?
Apologies. Looks like I projected Johnson's solid on-field to play to the boxscore. Thought I had remembered him finishing more plays than the stats suggest, but there's a 2 ppg difference as seen below. It helps Miller's value a lot -- he'll go from only playing in the nickel to becoming the Bengals' second every down backer. I'm not sure it'll give him as much value as he had last year in the middle, but he'll be a good option -- should be around Johnson's 2006 stats depending on how well Brooks plays.Johnson as SLB in 2006This HAS to hurt Landon Johnson's value to some degree, going from Weakside to Strongside in a 4-3? The question is, how much does it help Caleb Miller's value?I don't think so. Johnson played SLB a number of times in 2006 and did well. He'll draw a bunch of coverage responsibility on Todd Heap this week so he should still be a good LB3 play.I was just about to post this. This pretty much erodes most of the value that Landon Johnson has right?
Jeanty originally said a "couple" weeks, but recent estimates have put his return at closer to a month.
Where does Caleb Miller stand in terms of value now? Pre-season projections
TKL AST SACK FF FR INT PD FPT John Norton 45 16 0 0 0 1 6 63.0 Sigmund Bloom 27 9 0 0 1 0 4 37.5TKL AST SACK FF FR INT PD FPT John Norton 82 31 1 1 1 2 9 121.5 Sigmund Bloom 56 27 1 1 1 1 7 87.5
