09-04-2017, 09:56 PM
(09-04-2017, 06:07 PM)Beaker Wrote: Once again...our rosters have been talented enough to make the playoffs. Bad coaching, bad luck and injuries have kept us from advancing. Not many other teams made the playoffs 5 consecutive years. That fact alone means the model isn't as bad as you claim.
We had 2 great drafts and have been living off of that.
In the playoffs we've collapsed on both offense and defense. One has to wonder if we signed a Center in free agency or a LB who could cover TE's if the results would have been different.
And IF our issues are indeed bad coaching...WHO RETAINS THE COACHES? Yeah...the same people who created the so-called model.
The bottom line is that some 23 different teams have been to the SUPER BOWL since the Bengals last won a playoff game. No teams are out there trying to duplicate our model. If teams do have a similar strategy...it's because there are only 3-4 potential strategies. You can build through the draft, you can rely on free agency, you can let high priced guys leave and replace them with cheaper guys, etc. It's not like there are thousands of blue prints.
