01-17-2018, 07:55 PM
(01-17-2018, 07:48 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Just two years after the Bryant fiasco they signed Nate Clements for over $5 million a year, and he worked out very well for us.
Five million a year is not "top tier", but at least that should get a solid starter.
I really have no idea why the Bengals have not even attempted to sign a decent free agent since Clements. We had a lot of success that year adding three starers on defense through free agency.
Yep, they did a pretty good job with acquisitions in 2011 (free agents, trades, waiver claims). The following year was a different story, as they spent some money (Green-Ellis, Newman, Wharton, Anderson, Allen, Bell, Harvey, etc) but struck out on most of them. Ever since, its been an extremely conservative approach with very little risk involved.