First three pics - roster shaping

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(04-29-2023, 03:28 PM)SHRacerX Wrote: I disagree.  Here is why:  Higgins isn't a #2 WR.  He is a #1.  A top 10 WR in the league.  That combination of him and Chase allows the offense to go cheaper on places like TE, and, hopefully, RB.  They made some great, affordable acquisitions on the offensive line (Karras, Cappa, Collins) and made one big move with Brown.

I just believe in this scoring league that favors offenses, having Tee and Ja'Marr together makes the Bengals unique.  The statement about making WRs better may be true (and TEs) but without enough time to throw, having those two  weapons helps Joe tremendously.  

Now that Burrow will have more time to throw, they could be absolutely lethal.  

On another team? Almost certainly. On this team? No, because he's not better than Chase. There's no two first places. There's first place and second place.

He's very good, but he's most certainly not a top-10 WR in the league. In no particular order...
Justin Jefferson
Tyreek Hill
Ja'Marr Chase
Devante Adams
Cooper Kupp
Stefon Diggs
AJ Brown
Mike Evans
CeeDee Lamb
Jaylen Waddle
DeAndre Hopkins

He's certainly top-20 or top-25, but honestly it starts getting reaaaal muddled after 10-ish with D Smith, Cooper, McLaurin, Higgins, St Brown, Olave, G Wilson, Lockett, Metcalf, Deebo, Moore, M Williams, K Allen and probably a couple more I am probably forgetting being on fairly even ground to where any order could be argued for and thus are pretty pointless to try to put in any order.

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Going cheaper on other positions that already are cheaper like TE and RB isn't as much savings as going cheaper on a position where you're going to have to pay $25m/yr or more.

They would be unique because the only time paying 2 WRs top money has ever worked was the 2006 Colts, and the Colts teams before and after were notorious for not living up to potential. They didn't go to the SB any other time they had Peyton Manning, Marvin Harrison, and Reggie Wayne.

You know how you have even more time to throw? Rather than investing $55m/yr into 2 WRs, you invest $25m more into your OL and then your $55m/yr QB and $30m/yr WR will be able to dominate with support by lesser weapons around them. Lol.. it's going to keep working for now because they haven't had to start paying all 3, but once they do the rest of the team around them will noticeably drop in quality.