02-27-2017, 02:14 AM
(02-27-2017, 12:40 AM)Whatever Wrote: The Law Firm signed here entering his 5th season. Thomas Howard was entering his 6th. Nate Webster was entering year 5. Jason Allen was entering year 7. Herring was entering year 8. Wharton was entering year 8. Utecht was entering year 5. A lot of these guys, you would think, would have a decent amount of tread on the tires.
Well even the guys on that list that were still in their primes weren't exactly what I'd call "mid-tier" free agents. Outside of Odom and Antonio Bryant. But even Bryant and Odom were questionable signings. Bryant due to injury history and Odom due to only having 1 decent season playing next to a premier DT. The Bengals paid for being cheap. They could've spent a little more to keep Housh and Justin Smith. Instead they replaced them with slightly cheaper, yet very flawed free agents. It honestly seems like the only times the Bengals sign a halfway decent FA, it's to replace a guy they let walk, and the FA always happens to be cheaper.
The Bengals have been their own worst enemy when it comes to them striking out, and it seems they use their own goof ups as an excuse not to be more aggressive in FA. As if Bryant and Odom are forever proof that FA doesn't work.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
