One major concern in the past few offseasons for the Bengals has been the safety position. The Bengals came into the 2011 season needing to upgrade the position once again and, for a few minutes, it seemed that they did. Donte Whitner announced that he was signing with the Bengals on Twitter but moments later he took it back and signed with the 49ers. The Bengals were going to head into the season with Chris Crocker and Reggie Nelson as their starters.
Even after the team traded for 49ers safety Taylor Mays, Crocker and Nelson were the main guys. Once again the Bengals need to upgrade the safety position before the season starts. Before we get into that, though, here are the grades for each Bengals safety and the grade for the unit as a whole for 2011.
Free Safety Reggie Nelson: Nelson started every game at free safety for the Bengals and of the two starters, he was the best. He struggled in run support at times with a ProFootballFocus.com score of -3.8 but he wasn't too...
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