Last 2 Drafts

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(01-22-2016, 09:34 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: The bottom line is:  The Bengals have been outstanding at putting together a roster capable of winning a championship.  As disappointing as this past year was in terms of the playoff game, I still love this roster and expect them to be right there again next year with a shot at a title run.  

And I agree more or less (sans a HC who can take them there). They've been able to find good undrafted/later round guys or guys who are capable of contributing to the past good picks. They've just not done amazingly in the early rounds the last four years is all my point was. While a bunch of decent/supporting guys are good and needed to make a good team, eventually you have to start replenishing your pool of elite/game changing guys as those guys start getting older/hitting FA. I think they hopefully will in the next couple of drafts, they just haven't so far.

You use the example of the Patriots, but that's kind of a poor example since they have possibly the best QB of all time on their team. They use Tom Brady and superior coaching to get over the fact, the Bengals sadly don't have either of those. (Completely unrelated note because it is outside the four year window we're talking about, but they also got Gronk after the Bengals picked Gresham. )