In the wake of the Cincinnati Bengals' 34-27 preseason-opening loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday, there are a lot of doubts flying around about their defensive unit.
Bengals head coach Zac Taylor shouldn't panic about the fact that Tanner McKee picked apart the Cincinnati secondary all night. What he should be sweating is how poor the apparent first-string defensive line looked as a whole against a lot of Eagles backups.
Only when rookie 17th overall pick Shemar Stewart entered the game did some genuine excitement spring up on that side of the ball. Although he wasn't facing the same caliber of players as his fellow mates did earlier, Stewart flashed plenty of potential to earn higher-quality preseason looks.