Carlos doesn't see 'the plan'

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(03-15-2017, 08:35 AM)fredtoast Wrote: The Brown family doesexhibit this approach.  That was how they were able to make the playoffs so many years in a row and put together a roster in '15 that was championship quality.

Just because the Brown family does not hand over executive control to players and/or message board members does not mean they are not trying to win.  Just because they do not do everything you want does not mean they are not trying to win.  Just a year ago people like you were claiming that if the Bengals did not cut Dre Kirkpatric then they did not want to win.  Fans have been claiming that Bengals did not want to win because they continued to keep Peko on the payroll, but now a team that just won the Super bowl a year ago agreedto pay him more than the Bengals did.  MOst of the people around here who claim that it is so impossible for them to be wrong that the only way you coiuld disagree with any of their football opinions is if you did not even want to win usually have no idea what they are talking about.

If you were to ask any of the Patriots after the Super bowl who the team is going to acquire and who they were going to get rid of they would have all said that they did not know what the plan was for thjis offseason.  They know that it is not there job to run the front office.

You totally missed the point. Dunlap isn't asking to be privy to all the dealmaking and contract negotiations. The plan, in this case, merely implies that the team is absolutely committed to winning a championship, and the team goal outweighs any individual goals. The teams I listed exbit this very strategy each year. The Players on those teams know its championship or nothing, period. There is no moral victory for finishing in the Top 40% (e.g. a 1st round Playoff loss). The Bengals FO is not exhibiting the outward commitment to bringing championship football to the Queen City. Carlos is questioning the desire of the FO after a disastrous beginning to Free Agency and a middling 2016 season. I don't see how this is so hard to comprehend. The players are frustrated. The fans (except DennyG and Fred) are frustrated. The talk show hosts are frustrated. The overarching plan does not appear to be winning Lombardis.