John Ross

[HarleyDog]

(03-02-2018, 09:03 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: On the contrary, my good friend.  By building a team from the inside out, simply means to build the people closest to the ball strongest, and then move to the skill positions.  A team that can control both lines of scrimmage has a significantly higher chance of winning games, than a team with a weak line.

I'm all about using free agency, as well as the draft to build a strong team.  In the Bengals case, if you're going to rely on the draft almost exclusively, then you better expand the scouting dept. and get it right..

I get it now. I let my corporate thinking override my football thinking there for a minute (beer influenced). You're right and I have felt that way as well. If your line isn't worth shit, your team isn't worth shit. I don't think there's ever been an exception. Now if you take for example the Patriots, their lines sucked at the beginning of last season and corrected it in stride. Very freaken impressive coaching and that's what it was, all coaching and adjusting. 

I think FA and good coaching could immediately put us in contention. Last year was very disorienting.