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safeties Rob Gronkowski Jerseys 2019 , the Bengals drafted one who learned to track balls in the air while playing center field on high school fields in neighboring Indiana.Jessie Bates III even hit a few home runs, too.Cincinnati traded down in the second round of the draft Friday and focused on a defense that slipped last season, taking Bates III from Wake Forest with the 46th overall pick. They kept at it in the third round, picking defensive end Sam Hubbard from Ohio State and linebacker Malik Jefferson from Texas.They added to all three levels of the defense – line, linebacker and secondary – in a one-day flurry.”We did a lot in the early part of the offseason with our offense,” coach Marvin Lewis said. ”We wanted to address the defense today. That was our plan, and we were able to stick to it.”First, they went for a safety who has man-to-man coverage skills and a knack for being around the ball. He honed that skill while playing center field at Snider High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He also was a point guard on the basketball team.”Baseball is the same thing: track the ball off the bat,” Bates said in a conference call. ”It’s the same thing as reading the quarterback, reading his eyes. Basketball helped with that as well, with the anticipation White Tom Brady Jerseys , being able to read things, knowing how other players are thinking.”The Bengals could see how it translated.”Kids that play baseball have a phenomenal feel for looking over the shoulder and tracking balls either way, and he can do that,” safeties coach Robert Livingston said.The Bengals had only 11 interceptions last season, tied for 10th-fewest in the league. Their safeties combined for three. Cornerback Darqueze Dennard led the team with two.It was part of an overall slide by the defense, which finished 18th in yards allowed and 30th against the run. Coordinator Paul Guenther left to join Jon Gruden with the Raiders, and Teryl Austin was hired as his replacement. Austin ran a similar defense in Detroit, so Cincinnati won’t have to make a significant change in its schemes.One thing that Austin wants is more turnovers out of his new defense. Bates is known for it. He had nine interceptions as a high school senior, and five – including two for touchdowns – at Wake Forest in 2016. He had one interception last season, when he was in more man-to-man coverage.Bates recalled his interview with the Bengals at the NFL combine, which included several math problems as part of the mental drills.”I’m not sure what their philosophy was behind that, but I killed it Tom Brady Jerseys 2019 ,” Bates said. ”I don’t know if it was about quick-thinking or what.”The Bengals have acquired three players from within driving distance – two from Ohio State – during the first two days of the draft.They chose Ohio State center Billy Price in the first round on Thursday, a move to fix their biggest problem. The offense finished last in the league last season and has been the main focus of their offseason. Price grew up in eastern Ohio and was hoping to stay in-state in the pros.They hit home with Hubbard, who grew up in Cincinnati and has regularly attended games at Paul Brown Stadium, including the Bengals’ playoff loss to Pittsburgh in 2005 when Carson Palmer tore up his knee on his first pass attempt.Five years ago, Hubbard had committed to playing lacrosse at Notre Dame when Ohio State coach Urban Meyer decided to recruit him. During the process, Lewis happened to be in Columbus talking to Meyer when Hubbard called the Ohio State coach. Meyer put Lewis on the phone, knowing the impact it would make.”That was a great recruiting tool,” Hubbard said.Hubbard didn’t think there was much chance he’d end up playing for his favorite NFL team.”I watched every game the Bengals played,” he said. ”When they were blacked out on Sunday, I was really upset.”— BEREA, Ohio (AP) — While the Browns relaxed during the bye week, their fired former coach went back to work.Hue Jackson’s got a new gig.And this strange season in Cleveland will take another odd turn Sunday when the Browns face the Bengals and Jackson Rob Gronkowski Jersey , who somehow survived an 0-16 season and was only briefly unemployed before being hired last week as a special assistant to Cincinnati coach Marvin Lewis.“It is Hue,” defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah said.But even though Jackson has changed back into Bengals stripes, the Browns aren’t worried that their ex-coach on the sideline gives Cincinnati an added advantage.“It’s a divisional game!” cried Browns safety Damarious Randall. “We knew what they were doing before he went over there and they know exactly what we’re going to do. At the end of the day, we’re just going to go out and punch them in the mouth — straight up. That’s exactly what you have to do on the road rivalry games. You have to go punch them in the mouth.“If that’s what we do, it doesn’t matter what they have over there.”Jackson’s same-season reunion against the Browns seems to be unprecedented. The NFL doesn’t keep record of coaches facing their former teams.“It is surprising,” Browns guard Kevin Zeitler said.The Browns (3-6-1) returned from their week off healthier than they’ve been all season, and there was even chatter inside the locker room about making a playoff run over the next six weeks.First, though, comes a somewhat awkward reunion with Jackson, who was fired on Oct. 29, a day after the Browns lost in Pittsburgh. Jackson’s dismissal wasn’t unexpected, given his struggles in Cleveland.But his return to Cincinnati Womens Elandon Roberts Jersey , where Jackson worked as offensive coordinator with the Bengals (5-5) under Lewis before he was hired by the Browns in 2016, has created two matchups in which the spotlight will be focused on him — whether he likes it or not.Jackson had a good rapport with his players in Cleveland and several on Monday said they were thrilled he landed on his feet so quickly.“It will feel a little awkward, but I’m very happy for coach Jackson,” cornerback T.J. Carrie said. “He is a great coach and a great person. It was not going to be a long time before he wasn’t without a job, so it is really good just to be able to see him in a position where he is being able to control a lot of the things over there.”Jackson’s intimate knowledge of Cleveland’s personnel, schemes and playbook would seem to give the Bengals an almost unfair benefit.But like Randall, Carrie said AFC North games are decided by which team executes better and not by any insider knowledge.Carrie doesn’t think Jackson jumping teams makes any difference.“These divisional games, we play year in and year out twice a year,” he said. “We know what they are going to do. They know what we are going to do. There is not really more scheme-wise that they can really dive into that we can surprise them with. It is all going to be about going out there and playing smash-mouth football.”Interim Browns coach Gregg Williams said he was “happy” for Jackson and called him a “very smart coach.” However, he said the Browns won’t change any of their play call or audibles and Jackson’s familiarity with the Browns won’t make much difference once the game starts.“There is nothing private in our world anymore,” Williams said. “Every single clip of film is out there for everybody to watch. It is about execution. We have to go and execute. Even in practices, our guys know what the guys on the other side of the ball are going to be doing http://www.patriotslockerroom.com/authentic-devin-mccourty-jersey , but they get out-executed at times.”Randall said Jackson’s impact will be minimal.It’s not him vs. the Browns, it’s the Bengals vs. the Browns.“The game is on 11-on-11 up on the field and I don’t feel like them having him over there is going to give them no type of edge,” he said.“It is what it is. They see what we do up on film. Whatever they need to know, they can watch film and see it. We don’t got nothing to hide over here, we’re here to play football and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.”NOTES: Williams said he intends to interview for Cleveland’s full-time job once the season ends. Last week, general manager John Dorsey said Williams had earned an interview with the job he’s done since stepping in. … The starting left tackle job remains an open competition between rookie Desmond Harrison and Greg Robinson, who started the past two games before the bye.
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