The Cincinnati Bengals made major additions to their defense this off season, but didn't

upgrade it linebacker.

So the question is, well, it all come together?

Let's break it down.

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What up Bengals fans and welcome to another episode of the Locked on Bengals podcast.

I'm your host, Jake Liscoe, joined by your host, Joe Goodberry, and we are locked on Bengals.

Today we'll be discussing the answers we're looking to get from the Cincinnati Bengals

during OTAs a little bit later in the show.

But we want to start with a big picture topic with Joe returning to the podcast.

And if you missed all the fanfare, go check out yesterday's episode for the announcement

and our plans for the podcast with Joe returning to be my co-host here on Lockdown Bengals.

But one of the big questions that we haven't really had a chance to discuss.

And there are many because Joe's just come back into this space.

And so we're going to retread some ground and get a fresh perspective and discussion with Joe here over the next few weeks on a lot of big picture topics is, well, they

added a lot on defense, but what about the linebackers?

It's been pretty consistently a question from Bengals fans that are concerned about

that position and whether the Bengals are doing the right thing by trusting Demetri Saint

and Barrett Carter to improve behind an improved defensive front and in front of an improved

secondary, especially with the addition of Brian Cook. So today we want to start the show with how do all the pieces come together?

Do we think they have done enough on defense to make a quote unquote good unit on that side

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