The two anchors of the Cincinnati Bengals secondary are both set to hit free agency later this month in safeties Vonn Bell and Jessie Bates.
With the likely scenario being one of the two leaves, defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo doesn’t even want to think about a Bengal defense without the elite duo.
“It would be huge,” Anarumo said at the NFL Combine this week. “You know, leadership too. Vonn and Jesse do a lot of things that people don’t see. They organize meetings on their own. So yeah, I’d rather not think about that dark day.