The Cincinnati Bengals will likely take former Ohio Mr. Football and former Ohio State quarterback Joe Burrow with the first pick in the NFL Draft, but it’s the defense that must be retooled for the Bengals to make appreciable improvement in 2020. Toward that end, owner Mike Brown has been uncharacteristically aggressive, upgrading his defense with four new additions that contributed to the $146 million he spent in free agency. Brown committed $18 million to former Buckeye Vonn Bell, who started at safety all four of his seasons in New Orleans, but became expendable when the Saints brought another former Buckeye, Malcolm Jenkins, back from Philadelphia to the franchise where he was drafted in 2008. Brendan Boylan of Saints News Network, a Sports Illustrated Channel, gives a scouting report on Bell and the back story on Jenkins’ homecoming in the Crescent City. Question 1: Is this as simple as, there’s…
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