Bengals Cap Strategy

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(11-26-2018, 08:52 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: They dumped Martavis Bryant, but yes teams lose free agents.

You also have to draft well. The Steelers draft way better than us. And they have way more of a scouting department and a GM.

To be fair, the Steelers have a future HoF'er at QB.  It's still a QB driven league, and it's much easier to be competitive year after year with an elite QB.  

Great coaching also helps those drafts look better.  The Steelers game plan better to their players' strengths and do a better job of developing talent.  You constantly see 3rd and 4th years guys stepping up for them when they're called upon.  In Cincinnati, you can usually identify if a guy is going to be a stud or a dud in year one.  You rarely guys evolve into quality starters over a period of years.

I think the biggest issue I have with the current FO is the constant rollover.  It doesn't really make sense if you're never going to make that all in push or if you don't use it to try to get back in the playoff hunt quickly after a down year or two.  The only other reason is to give a new coach a good chunk of change to bring in their kinds of players, but that will never happen if they never fire Marvin.