Compensatory Picks

[Shake n Blake]

(09-06-2017, 01:23 PM)ochocincos Wrote: If there is any saving grace, it's that the Bengals at least had a plan for losing (most of) those players...it just hasn't worked out well so far.
Williams was to replace Nelson.
Ogbuehi and Fisher were to replace Whitworth and Smith.
LaFell and Boyd were to replace Jones and Sanu.
Ross is to replace LaFell in 1-2 years.
Mixon was to replace Burkhead (and eventually Hill).
Kirkpatrick, Dennard, and WJ3 were to (eventually) replace Newman, Hall, and Adam Jones.

They have done a good job of drafting replacements ahead of time, but many of those picks aren't panning out. It just shows how much of a toss up the draft really is (lets face it, luck is a huge part of it). That's why when you nail draft picks like AJ Green, Atkins, Dalton, Dunlap, Leon, Eifert, etc...you should capitalize on that and approach offseasons with a little more urgency.

Or you can underachieve, then watch all that drafted talent slowly dissipate while trying to use the draft for damage control.

(09-06-2017, 02:00 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Hey! Stop your whining! Asking for a team to try harder to get one, single, solitary playoff win in the last 26 years (something EVERY SINGLE NFL TEAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO IN THAT TIME--AND MORE) is just too much to ask for. Just thank your lucky stars that they've been able to make the playoffs 6 times in the last 8 years. Don't you know you're just snap decision away from being back in the '90s??

lol. Yeah, typing that made me throw up in my mouth a bit.