The Beginning of the End

[THE PISTONS]

(07-18-2017, 08:50 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: These, combined with Ki-Jana's injury doomed the Bengals in the pre-rookie wage scale era.

The frustrating thing is, now that the Bengals seem to have drafting down pretty well, teams that have made incredibly bad picks (Locker, Ponder, Gabbert recently come to mind) are able to move on without near the penalty of just a few years ago.  I guess that helps the NFL overall as there shouldn't be any proverbial door mats (Cleveland is finally getting it right...johnny fartball was the dumbest pick ever for them).  

Yep. With the huge contracts back then, if you whiffed on a top pick...you were doomed.