Bengals fans may be wondering, what should we expect from Al Golden's defense in 2025?

Let's break down the biggest scheme changes and what we expect to see from Golden's unit in his premiere this week.

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

Part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day.

I'm Jake Liscoe, your host of the Lockdown Bengals Podcast,

where we got you covered for daily Bengals news analysis

the best you'll find in a one-stop shop across the internet,

joined today by Mike Santagana at Bengals underscore Sands.

On the social media, as you can find his writing

about the Cincinnati Bengals of Bengals Talk, S.I. And, well,

Mike is with us because he's a film grinder. He's the guy that watches coaches clinics for fun

in his free time. And as a person who also enjoys the game of football, and I like watching

film, sometimes I put those clinics on and I got to be honest, Mike, I fall asleep a little bit.

But today, we're going to dive into what we're expecting from Al Golden's defense, especially

differences between what we saw from Luana Rumo's unit and where we are hoping perhaps they can improve,

especially based on what we saw in the preseason.

And we're going to go from overall schematic,

philosophical ideas.

We're going to talk about trench differences specifically,

back seven differences specifically.

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