Huge mistake to tag Tee

[SunsetBengal]

(01-22-2024, 09:10 PM)TheCincinnatiKid Wrote: Let's not forget all the years of high-end draft picks on the OL in particularly, next to none of which seemed to work out. When's the last time we had a 'pretty good' OL? 

I absolutely 10000% think we'll tag Tee, and will be trying to tie him down. But I'm very much unsure as to how sensible it would be to dedicate such resource into Burrow/Chase/Tee.

Chiefs didn't pay Tyreek the huge $$$ and aren't exactly missing a beat (I know their WRs don't like catches, but they're still going to the AFCCG again). A consistent contender has to continue to evolve around their Franchise QB to make it work. We seem to not be doing that, and instead seem keen to stick with what 'has almost worked'.

Actually, the Bengals currently have a "pretty good" OL, especially when you compare it to 2019-20-21.  On the rest I agree with you completely.  The team is good at drafting high end WRs (except for guys named John Ross), they should just save the money and invest the pick on a new top WR and have him for 5 years.  

The team definitely needs to take a look at who and how OL and DL scouting for the draft is happening, because it isn't working in it's current iteration.  They'll need to take the money saved on Higgins just to replace a top NT, because after Reader all they have are a couple of one tool guys that never developed further.