Legal tampering period

[CJD]

(03-13-2023, 03:27 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Because they lost 1-2 OL, so it's just replacement.

Bengals could add someone new to OL, but it would mean letting some defensive starter(s) walk.
And they indicated a couple weeks ago their priority is retaining their own, so the big name guys likely aren't happening unless they were already Bengals.

We'll see if we keep our own. We already believe Bates is gone. 

If they keep Pratt, fine, but I wouldn't call it my expectation. We are top 5 in the NFL in cap space and it's already starting to feel like we don't intend to do all that much with it.

My question was why the Chiefs, a team with huge money paid to their QB, a highly paid guard and a highly defensive tackle, can afford to sign a 20M AAV tackle to protect their investment, but we're just gonna...wait?

I was fine with the idea of the Jaguars in 2022 and the Bears in 2023, teams with more cap space than talent on their roster, overspending on the offensive line because I was told that you have to make sacrifices when you have a franchise QB.

But then I see a team with a franchise QB investing in protecting theirs and I get confused.