{"id":27880,"date":"2025-07-10T12:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T12:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=27880"},"modified":"2025-07-10T12:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T12:01:14","slug":"breaking-news-nfl-expert-discusses-the-importance-of-dax-hills-return-to-bengals-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=27880","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : NFL expert discusses the importance of Dax Hill\u2019s return to Bengals\u2019 defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/q045iItkWcW2NQ2jjUvdq4lhkqU=\/1400x1050\/filters:format(jpeg)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25473300\/usa_today_22077098.jpg\" alt=\"NFL expert discusses the importance of Dax Hill's return to Bengals' defense  - Cincy Jungle\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"L7Esor\">The Cincinnati Bengals have a brand-new defensive coordinator taking over the reins this season in Al Golden.<\/p>\n<p id=\"LznwXq\">The defense was horrid last season and lost the team multiple games and, in turn, was a large reason why the Bengals missed the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"C2foHR\">But the unit is looking to flip the script this season with a young unit, and the return of Dax Hill is only going to help.<\/p>\n<p id=\"nNbhGQ\">One NFL expert believes Hill\u2019s return will be a massive step in the right direction for the unit, especially for the young secondary.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe big issue for me is they have an extremely young secondary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDax Hill coming back is a big deal because he was CLEARLY their best corner.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregcosell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GregCosell<\/a> discusses the Bengals\u2019 secondary going into 2025: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lt1FHI59Ip\">pic.twitter.com\/Lt1FHI59Ip<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ross Tucker Podcast (@RossTuckerPod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RossTuckerPod\/status\/1936771151822545094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"GHBJRn\">NFL Films\u2019 Greg Cosell recently joined Ross Tucker\u2019s podcast and had some high praise for the former first round pick, \u201cDax Hill coming back is a big deal because he was clearly their best corner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"gGDY8y\">Cosell did say the secondary is very young and that is a concern, but he hopes the staff will work that out during training camp.<\/p>\n<p id=\"RNocEy\">Hill is coming off a torn ACL, which he suffered last season, and will look to fill a much-needed role as a veteran in Cincinnati this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The unit is young and needs a veteran presence in the secondary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cincinnati-bengals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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