10-17-2017, 09:56 AM
(10-17-2017, 01:01 AM)Synric Wrote: I agree with alot of the stuff your saying really the only thing I disagree with is that going huge free agency (outside of their house) is a must to create a great team. And I think people easily dismiss alot of the players Mike, Marvin, and Duke tobin have drafted developed and locked up under contract.
Your right I wish they had added some talent on the interior line since Bodine's sophomore year instead of holding onto Eric Winston. It could have been in the draft or in free agency.
Maybe it makes me a Homer but I prefer to stay positive. If the Offensive line can just play a little better each week especially the young tackles and find a run game...if the defense continues to play lights out...if not well they better stock up on big uglies next offseason on both the offense and defensive lines.
I think there is a huge misunderstanding when me, Shake, Wyche say we need to sign impact free agents. People assume we mean go out and sign Suh or the top-priced free agent.
That is not what we advocate.
Nor do we advocate building an entire team through free agency. I realize we must draft well to win. I also realize that we must sign some Tier 2 and 3 free agents to supplement the roster.
We have the cap space. Before we signed Burfict, we had $18.5 million in cap space. After Whitworth and Zeitler left...what if we signed a Ronald Leary for $8.5 million a year? Or a TJ Lang for $6 million a year at Guard.
Or in 2016, Alex Macks cap hit was 4.05 million. He then costed $8.5 million this year. But that's a small cost for the best Center in the game and as I said we have the cap space.
Instead, after DeCastro signed a contract for $10 million a year...the Bengals offered Zeitler (according to Lapham) $5.5 million a year. They lowballed him.
The NFL is watered down this year big time. If there was ever a time to go all in on the roster to try to win a Super Bowl it's this year! Yet we didn't.
