- Thread starter
- #1
CrashDavisSports
Well-Known Member
That was good news this morning. Solid signing, would have liked to have seen it longer term than 1 year.
A good run stopper but terrible in coverage. He played well for the Cards, but wasn't the game changer they wanted at ILB. The Cards brought in 'old man' Dansby to replace him for a year. Probably get similar production at half the cost.
The 6-0, 246-pound Minter, who broke 4.7 seconds in the 40-yard dash at the 2013 NFL scouting combine, is a second-round pick of Arizona coming off a 1,001-snap season as their starting middle linebacker. A bright, heady player who called signals for the Cards, Minter can probably end up playing both inside spots in the Bengals 4-3 defense at middle linebacker or WILL operating with Rey Maualuga and Vontaze Burfict.
Minter, rated third in pass coverage by profootballfocus.com last season among NFL inside backers, also has 175 career tackles, according to profootballreference.com.