The happiest man in Cincinnati tonight just may be Bengals defensive coordinator Mark Duffner. He walks into his house from a recruiting trip to Hampton to discover he'll have the same group that finishes fourth in sacks, sets a club-record with 48 sacks, and breaks the Bengals into the league’s top ten defense for the first time in a dozen years. The thinking is the NFL’s No. 9 defense will be better simply because of no turnover. "Most teams are letting their guys go," Duffner says. "It can only help that we know what we've got. These guys have grown up and matured in this defense and I think that says a lot for the organization.
TDBH: Bengals bring back No. 9 defense intact
