The Bengals have high regard for how center Ted Karras and right guard Alex Cappa have played and it sounds like they’ll have their hands full with the ageless Calais Campbell, the 6-8, 300-pound end-tackle. Even if he just turned 36 early in his 15th season.
“He’s so big, he’s so long. Even when he doesn’t win on the pass rush he puts up those Go-Go Gadget arms and tips balls,” said Callahan, 37, clearly a child of ’80s and ’90s Nickelodeon. “He’s just hard to move. He’s such a long, physical defensive tackle and he can flex out and play some end. He played end against New England and crushed the tight end.” …
Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has to keep in mind that Campbell is one of five active defensive linemen with more than 50 passes defensed with 56. The list is headed by old friend Carlos Dunlap, who has three more than the 66 of J.J. Watt …
Certainly Campbell has it in mind.
“If you look at when they’ve won ball games versus when they lost, the pressure was the key, and not just pressure, but getting to (Burrow),” Campbell said Thursday in remarks distributed by the Ravens. “Getting the ball off of him. That’s why the one thing I feel like we have to really do a good job of is taking advantage of turnovers when they’re there, especially in the pocket. We have to be really, really great with the pass rush lanes and rush together as a unit and go out there and really wreak havoc.”
The Ravens lead the NFL forcing 10 turnovers. But Burrow has not thrown an interception in seven of his last eight regular-season games …
The Ravens made a bevy of moves at safety in the offseason, signing vet free agent Marcus Williams and making Penn State’s Kyle Hamilton the first safety drafted with the 14th pick. But probably no safety is playing better than the Bengals’ Vonn Bell after his first two-pick game. The first was shadowing quicksilver Dolphin Tyreek Hill, the former Chief.
“People underestimate his range,” said defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo this week. “One of…
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