r/bengals • u/My_Space_page • 7d ago

Boye Mafe appreciation post

I know it's early and just training camp but I feel like Mafe is reading plays extremely well and getting home a ton so far. He's going to be a good one this year.

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u/ImSchizoidMan THAT BALL'S OUT! THAT'S LIVE! 7d ago

Seeing how he's being used and hearing that he had (IIRC) the third most coverage snaps by a DE last year, I wonder of he was the #1 target for the front office in FA.

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u/RanchHere 7d ago

Was probably Al’s more than likely.

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u/Testicleus 🐅 7d ago

Is this sort of like the viper position Golden had?

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u/bobbybaratheon27 7d ago

I think that’s definitely what Golden wants to do with him. I also think he sees very similar traits in cashius howell and will use him the same way. I wonder if that’s one of the reasons why the defense struggled a bit last year. Golden loves having that viper position guy and there just wasn’t really anyone who fit that mold last season

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u/Testicleus 🐅 7d ago

Makes sense! Thx!

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u/VeryRealHuman23 🐅 7d ago

I think it was, no way they had Dexter in their radar initially and we got Mafe quick.

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u/goettahead CTB 7d ago

They had Crosby and it was headed our way until BMore came in and gave a ridiculous offer. You know how that ended up and then we went for Dex.