Why Not?

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(03-10-2022, 05:57 PM)casear2727 Wrote: Im more comfortable with Bates as FS with not knowing our CB1 or 2 (depending on who we get)  and thats why he is more valuable today.

If that CB is Eli Apple, as has been mentioned by the staff, I am not comfortable even though he played well in stretches. If you fully understood what. I was saying you would know I am not inconsistent whatsoever on this point. Nothing has changed.

So you think the Bengals' CB1 will be Eli Apple? He's a depth piece.  And Apple gave up the game winning TD in the Super Bowl. You want to cut Boyd because he dropped one pass during the Super Bowl when it mattered most.  Yet, you want to bring back a CB who gave up the game winning TD during the Super Bowl and failed during the most important play all year? And you think you're being consistent?  LOL

If you don't know who the CB1 is then you don't have one. Which makes getting one still more valuable than overpaying a FS. Because if you have a good CB1 that makes an overpaying a FS moot.  Especially since you only believe Bates is more important to this defense because of the CB situation. And that's following your logic.

If your plan is to bring back Eli Apple to be one of your top 2 CBs, that makes CB even more of a need and FS less of a need.  I'd be more comfortable with any of the FS projected in the first 2 rounds of the draft if that meant the Bengals get a better CB than Eli Apple.  If my choices are Eli Apple + Jesse Bates or Top Tier CB + Round 1 FS rookie, I'll take the latter.

You don't know who the WR3 will be either, therefore Boyd is more valuable today than any unknown player based upon your logic.

Again, your arguments aren't consistent with your logic.

If you have a car and the engine doesn't run and the tire is flat, what's more important to fix?  Are you going to fix the engine (CB) and patch the tire(FS) so you can drive to work? Or are you going to buy a brand new tire because if the engine doesn't work the tire is more important so you can push your car to work?

Or if you have a horse and a cart, which one are you going to put up front?  Are you going to put the cart (FS) in front of the horse (CB)? Or are you going to put the horse in front of the cart? Because right now, your argument is putting the cart in front of the horse.