Duke Tobin happy with potential of linebacker group

Photo by Alan Smith/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe Bengals biggest weakness on the defensive side of the ball the past few seasons has been at linebacker.

It finally got to an extremely unacceptable level early in 2019 with Nick Vigil and Preston Brown as the lead linebackers. Brown was eventually cut, and Germaine Pratt was ultimately given a bigger role to end the season.

However, even the slight uptick in play following that change wasn’t enough to save the position from the extreme overhaul we saw this offseason.

“It was a definite need going in. Everybody knew that,” Director of Player Personnel Duke Tobin told Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com. “There were a lot of different ways we could…