CINCINNATI -- The free-agency period has been good, very good, to the Cincinnati Bengals' defense.
Of the nine announced Bengals signings or re-signings, six were on that side of the ball. Another defender, safety Taylor Mays, is also expected to sign.
No one at Paul Brown Stadium is happier about the defensive haul than defensive coordinator Paul Guenther. After Wednesday's signing of outside linebacker Karlos Dansby, it seems clear that Guenther's hands have been all over the Bengals' free-agency efforts.
After all, had it not been for a promising meeting with the then-linebackers coach in 2013, Dansby might have ended up elsewhere.