04-22-2021, 02:31 PM
(04-22-2021, 01:27 PM)PDub80 Wrote: Marvin didn't need big money FAs. And, he did sign and trade for a bunch of guys his first few years in Cincy to remake the roster on defense. He had some of the most talented rosters in football because the Bengals drafted extremely well for 2/3rds of his time in Cincinnati. They spent a ton of money keeping their own, very talented players. Marvin also had a franchise record setting QB to start with. Andy Dalton and John Kitna are basically a push.
ZT is also developing the players he has drafted. The Bengals had the best draft in all of football last year. And they signed very few big $ FAs Taylor's first season. If the Bengals had any talented veterans when ZT came, they would have kept them. But, they didn't, save for Lawson & WJ3. The team opted to let those guys walk and sign FAs that were cheaper (in WJ3s case) or a lateral move (Hendrickson).
ZT's roster was crap when he got here. Why was ZT hired in the first place? Because Marvin was losing with these guys... HIS guys. And they weren't young, up and coming studs ... like they were when Marvin got here. They were broken down, aged horses who's best years were left on a race track somewhere in 2015.
Dude are you really saying John Kitna and Andy Dalton are equal? Really? If you truly believe that then I question how much football you've watched and how much football you know. John Kitna was a career back up QB. Dude I'm sorry but John Kitna was a good leader for that 2003 team but Kitna couldnt even carry Dalton's jock when it comes to football.
There's a reason Dalton will someday be in the ROH in Cincinnati, and Kitna won't be.
As far as last draft PFF ranked the Bengals as having the best class...and they said the main reason was because of Joe Burrow. We know we have 2 starters from that draft right now. Burrow and Higgins. The LB seems like he can be pretty good but he isnt a "star" player from the 2020 draft.
