Katie Blackburn-State of the Team

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(04-01-2023, 01:31 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Just as a counter point, when he hits that 5th year option, the Bengals will be right in the meat of the big Burrow, Chase and Tee contracts and then you're looking at paying a QB, 2 WRs and a RB big money. Currently there's no model where a championship team is paying big contracts in that way. IF you could draft him and win a ring or two on his rookie deal, it would obviously be very worth it. If you can't, you've passed up a possiblity to draft a guy that could solidify a position of need for a decade, while also providing quality you need to chase a ring and you will have done it in a way where other models have worked.

Expanding on that, i love Tee as much as the next Bengals fan but i don't think signing him and drafting a RB in rd 1 is the way to go. You're basing your plan on a lot of hope and hope never won anything. Tee should be traded, the Bengals should go with RBBC with what they have and a guy like Gibbs or Spears in 2 or 3 and they should use their resources on moving up in rd 1 to get a RT and look for quality depth in the IOL in mid-rounds. 

The model should be QB (which we have), pay 1 elite weapon (Chase), RRBC (doable with what we have and what we can get), make Oline a #1 priority and then be able to pay an elite ED, some very good CBs and solid S and LBs. 

You're looking too far in the future. 5 years is a long ass time in the NFL. A lot of things can happen. I would be happy with a super dynamic offense for 5 years and then look for a replacement or a stop gap. Plus, it's hard to tell whose going to be on the team in 5 years. Higgins might be gone by then. Hell, Chase could be gone by then. Honestly, I really doubt that Robinson gets to us. He's too good of a player. If he does there's no reason IMO that we pass up a player like that.