Next weeks feature, crow.

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(03-15-2023, 11:24 AM)Bengalbug Wrote: I’d like to revisit this in a week to see how many doom and gloomers come back to earth after things have settled down.  

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We'll see next week whether posters will be eating crow or not. 

Last year, of course, posters were delighted right off the start, with Karras and Cappa agreeing to sign on the very first day talks could happen. And the previous year, there were some terrific (and at the time "shocking") signings, but a lot of posters not so pleased that the OL was not addressed.

But the entire previous history of Bengals? As one writer put it, the Bengals and free agency went together like oil and water. There were a few notable signings, such as Pacman Jones, Bobbie Williams, and Thorton. But Pacman Jones signed for league-minimum, as he was about out of chances, and so that was not big news. Williams signed for 3 years for about 5 million in total. It just worked out terrific long-term, but was not big news at the time.

So, really, until the last two years, the entire history of the free agent period was dreadful for the Bengals. It seemed basically getting comp picks was all we got out of it.

We're all hoping these is a New Dey and the Bengals of the last two years show up again this year. And that plenty of crow is served. And I'm quite optimistic myself, based on the last two years. But I do understand those long-time fans who are disappointed given the Bengals history.