Rex Signs With Pats

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(03-14-2017, 11:10 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: 1/2 the team... we lost two main starters on offense.. keep two main starters.. lost a 3rd string RB and an older veteran Dline... 

not sure about your math

(03-14-2017, 11:21 PM)Nately120 Wrote: I can see the argument that people are being drama queens, but you have to realize we saw a lot of "addition by subtraction" last year and we were rewarded with an offense that went from 4th to 26th and a win total from 12 to being lucky to get 6.  Optimism blew up in our faces last year, so some dread is only natural.

I can see both sides of this argument, but it is important to remember a few things about the off-season moves.

1) Zeitler was never coming back. The team said it from day one, and he said it after the last game. So, it was a bad move but a move we knew was coming.

2) Peko was wanted but probably not for the money he got and to be fair the way this board bangs on him, not sure why people cared? I did want him back, but not at the price Denver paid.

3) Whit was a crushing blow. This move flat out sucked...no other way to describe it. This move is the shit show of the off-season.

4) Hunt was not wanted by anyone on this board and him leaving should not be viewed as a big deal. The bitching should be about him being a 2nd round pick in the first place.

5) Rex was never coming back. He was a 3rd string guy who the Bengals valued as a wildcard but they are already looking at RBs in a very good RB draft. Burkhead went to the right place for him, he is a rotational guy, not an every down guy. Having Gio, Hill and a guy like Fournette and where was Rex going to play??


The issues with this off-season is the lack of preparation or back-up plans the team has had for losing a Whit or letting Zeitler go. That is what is a real kick in the ass.