For the Bengals defense to get back to playing how they were before their recent two-game losing skid, their defensive backs need to lead the charge. There's three players in particular who can set the tone for Cincinnati and it's Chidobe Awuzie, Mike Hilton and Jessie Bates.
"The standard’s different," Awuzie said of what he believes the Bengals identity on defense is. "The expectation’s different. The players are different. I think the main thing that our defense identifies as is an aggressive, attacking defense and that’s very smart."
Awuzie, Hilton and Bates are three of Cincinnati's smartest players.