08-21-2018, 01:22 AM
(08-20-2018, 08:19 PM)I_C_DeadPeople Wrote: Exactly, this is the hamster on the wheel team. Five years from now, we will reset again and 'go younger' and Bates will leave via FA or be cut. I have zero faith this team can properly manage a roster. They can draft but they cannot effectively build a cohesive and consistent team. They are all over the map with overpaying some and letting good ones and either not developing or playing too early. Just not consistent enough overall in this area.You are contradicting yourself, the very fact that Bates is set to start as a rookie. Iloka was cut and the fact that Lafel was cut, and the youngsters are called for duty says that the Bengals are not on a hamster wheel, one main problem has been the bengals draft a guy but refuse to play him until year 3 or 4, this year we are putting Price, Bates, Ross, Malone ,Jackson 3rd, Willis, Lawson on the field, that's a lot of young players playing which is a shift from normal Marvin Lewis teams. After 16 years he is trying something new
