02-20-2018, 04:47 PM
(02-20-2018, 04:25 PM)fredtoast Wrote: The plan was correct. Good teams want to have replacements trained instead of having to depend on a rookie to step in and start at a key position like LT.
The problem was with the players we selected.
My response was in the context of the team itself getting better.
I am OK with the concept of drafting replacements a year or two out, from time to time, however, it becomes hard for the team itself to get better without using Free Agency and needing the replacements to perform well just to maintain the quality of what they replace.
Then, as you say, the problem was the players selected (Cedric/Fisher) and the even bigger problem may be that the Bengals will still pin their hopes on them in 2018 without bringing in serious competition for their jobs.
The weak links on the team may remain weak links because of what was invested in them and a refusal to invest more in those positions until every possible chance & amount of time was given toward recovering a possible Sunk Cost invested in them.
