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He hasn't signed yet.
Good Lord! Imagine how far they'll drop him when he reports to camp!
I'm sure Johnson will make a great reserve adn be called upon by Oct.
YES. He had 7 tackles.
He looked good. It was a bit difficult to see, because the announcers were too busy talking about Favre and the camera kept showing Favre signs in the crowd while the game was going on. I rewatched the game so I could get a better look at some of the players I was very interested in seeing. The announcers rarely even mentioned who was making the plays as they unfolded. They mixed up Chris Perry and Kenny Watson a few times, and eventually didn't even talk about the game itself. Very frustrating. [end rant] But yeah, Rivers was impressive considering he just signed.
Jene? What did you think? I didn't record it and I'm kicking myself for not paying better attention. I really wish they would add a simple feature to all the onscreen graphics we have to endure. Since the broadcasters apparently prefer to talk about Brett Favre than the game they're calling just give me a simple text after each play.
I thought he got better as the game went on. He was hesitant during his first series, shuffling and taking a bad step now and then. Looked more comfortable in the second half and more decisive. There were a couple of plays where the offense blew an assignment and let him make plays unblocked. He looks like he'll have the range that was advertised and he was one of the few consistent tacklers in the game. Both bode well, especially since he's playing alongside Dhani Jones. It'll be interesting to see how well he does against first teamers and how well he can fight through trash given that he'll apparently be playing to the tight end side at times in Zimmer's scheme.
What did you expect to see better of him? Being that he just signed, I was pleasantly suprised. I think a better gauge for preseason games are the 2nd to last games.
So your boy Brandon is strong side?
That's pretty funny.
"Dear BrandonWe told you so.That's pretty funny.
SLB Jeanty is injured. So, does it stick?
I think Johnson is a better overall player than Jeanty. He's got a little Landon Johnson in him. I suppose it's possible that Jeanty plays on clear rushing situations and Johnson plays in other base defensive situations. It's also possible that Johnson gets some nickel snaps in favor of Rivers until the rookie proves he's ready. Marvin has always like Jeanty, who has quietly been a steady performer though not a particularly durable one.
unreal. jene, please tell us that you'll do one last impromptu interview with brandon......
Well, to be fair, it was a matter of semantics and he was probably more correct, if only because the Bengals were declaring the strong side differently than I was used to. I haven't had time to check and see if I'm really the one that's confused. Norton felt the same as I did, though. If the Bengals use a lot of that particular defense this season, my favorite Bengal may actually be to what some might call the weak side a fair amount.So confuddling.unreal. jene, please tell us that you'll do one last impromptu interview with brandon......
I think he will. Brandon Johnson was getting some nickel snaps with the first team late in the preseason, but he's looking like he may fall out of the team's plans at this point. Darryl Blackstock may play in the nickel, but will do so as a pass rusher. That leaves Rivers as the likely second nickel backer.If he doesn't get every nickel snap this weekend, he will by midseason at the latest. I'm fortunate enough to live where I get to see every Cincinnati game, and the information in the every-down backer thread will be updated weekly with good information.
Is it confirmd that Rivers is starting? I've seen a couple of different depth charts that still show Johnson ahead of him and have not seen anything from the coaching staff either way.
Rivers got the vast majority of the first team defensive snaps in the third and fourth preseason games. Johnson rotated in here and there, and did dent the nickel packages as well, but I think Rivers is a safe bet to get 85-90% of the snaps. Unfortunately, we never get any completely trustworthy information from the Bengal coaching staff on these things -- particularly on defense.
Hey Jene, I'm just curious. Do you have your own IDP rankings on the FBG site? I'd be curious to see them if you do.
My final redraft rankings by position were posted last Tuesday, I think. They should be available, though you may have to change the time frame in the upper right hand corner of the rankings pages.My final redraft overall rankings were a couple of weeks prior to that, as were my most recent rookie only rankings. It's very hard for me to find the time to update dynasty rankings once the preseason starts and through the regular season, so those will be considerably older.Always happy to answer specific questions if you have them.
thanks
