Cincinnati Bengals Need Young Defensive Linemen to Step UP

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00:00But to me, it's this defensive front, and it's literally anyone.

00:04I wrote down in my notes that I sent to Andrew, any young defensive lineman, any young defensive

00:09lineman, Miles Murphy, Chris Jenkins, McKinley Jackson, Joseph Osai, not as much because

00:17he's in the final year of his contract, but literally any of these guys that you drafted,

00:23that you're supposed to develop, that you're hoping you get a lot out of, Miles Murphy,

00:26first-round pick, Chris Jenkins, second-round pick, McKinley Jackson, third-round pick.

00:31Quality high-end talent, high picks, and do we know what they are?

00:37Do we really know what Miles Murphy is now?

00:39Some of you are saying, oh, yeah, well, Luan Arumo has to play him, absolutely.

00:43But Miles Murphy does have to make the most of the snaps that he does get and make an

00:47impact with the snaps he does get to earn more snaps.

00:51It's just how the league works, for better or worse.

00:55So to me, you need one of those guys to show up, play at a high level.

01:00And obviously, Murphy and Jenkins are the higher picks.

01:03I think those are the guys with the most upside of the three, probably in that order.

01:08Murphy and Jenkins, just traits-wise, even though I really like Chris Jenkins, I think

01:12he's going to be a good player, kind of show it.

01:16You really need to, after the first week of January, say, regardless of what happens playoff-wise

01:22and if they get in and they make a run or if they don't, oh, well, McKinley Jackson

01:27can be a part of the future and be a nice building block.

01:30Chris Jenkins can be a part of the future.

01:32Who knows what happens with Sam Hubbard, but Miles Murphy can be a big part of the future.

01:37I need to say that about at least one of those guys in five weeks, six weeks, and you not

01:45laugh me out of the room.

01:46Right now, I can't say that about Miles Murphy.

01:48Haven't seen enough from Chris Jenkins yet, even though he has flashed some, and I cannot

01:52say that about McKinley Jackson, all three of which have flashed a little bit.

01:56It needs to be more consistent.

01:57We need to see more of them, and the way you see more of them is them playing well, earning

02:02more snaps.

02:03We'll see if it happens.