Welp I'm changing my mind about free agency

[BenZoo2]

(03-13-2018, 10:36 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Negative

Retaining Marvin Lewis yet again
Filling/retaining all defensive position coaches with no say from Teryl Austin

Neutral

I felt we could've done better than Teryl Austin, but I don't hate the move
Bobby Hart didn't perform well in NY, but at the very least, he's decent insurance (with plenty of starting experience) for Jake Fisher

Positive

Firing PA and replacing him with Frank Pollack - doesn't get much better than that
Making the ultimatum to cut/restructure Pacman was very un-Bengal like and a positive step
Despite what people are saying, Chris Baker was a good signing
Trading for Cordy Glenn was a big boy move

Still need to see

We need a new Center and Right Guard (fingers crossed for the draft)
Cutting MJ to free up more money for upgrades would be nice, but I don't expect it
We need to bring back Eifert if his injuries are reflected in his price (7+ million would be a major gamble) - if not Eifert, we still need a TE

That's about it for the major moves.

Good points shake.  It's hard to feel positive about things that should've been done long ago.  We change a few coaches, sign 2 free agents (so far), cut an aging overpaid corner and make 1 trade (that hopefully pans out) and people are talking about winning the off season?  Have we been beaten into submission that badly?

Not trying to be a downer, just some perspective.  I like what they've done.  It just took so damn long