02-25-2008, 12:09 PM
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Draft's D-line offers depth
Pick may tip Bengals' defensive plan
BY MARK CURNUTTE | MCURNUTTE@ENQUIRER.COM
INDIANAPOLIS - Depending on whom they select with the ninth pick in the draft, the Bengals could tip their hand about their defensive plans for the next few seasons.
Upgrading the defensive line is the top priority of the offseason, coach Marvin Lewis said, and if they don't re-sign defensive end Justin Smith in free agency, the Bengals almost assuredly will take a tackle or end. Lewis and Smith say Smith will give the Bengals every opportunity to re-sign him.
Lewis wants to improve the pass rush. The Bengals' 22 sacks in 2007 gave them the NFL's worst sack-per-play rate.
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