Mike Greenberg on 1530 today.

[SunsetBengal]

(04-21-2021, 08:23 PM)psychdoctor Wrote: In my mine, "opening up an offense" is somewhat vague in its assertion.  A WR can softing a defense in moving safeties back to allow running plays to be more effective.  But it will not prevent the front 7 from killing your QB.  WTS, Pitts could do more in that he may take a backer with him, and safety.  

Doc, you sort of just answered yourself right there.  Adding that "one extra weapon" is what contending teams do in free agency, when they truly feel like they are "one player away".  Now, that one extra weapon may not always be a WR, sometimes it's a CB as demonstrated by the Pats a few years back.  However, I'm sure you can see the logic I'm leaning toward.
In order to benefit from the addition of one special, perimeter player?  A team must already be fundamentally sound, and the Bengals currently are not.  They have much work to do, before they reach that point of being "one player away"..