11-07-2019, 12:08 PM
(11-07-2019, 11:48 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote: He does somewhat have a point in that the Bengals are the Brown families sole source of income where they keep costs low to reap more profit.
A guy like Robert Kraft and a lot of owners made their Billions in other industries and view their team as status and prestige and want to win Championships.
That said, the Bengals actually had some $50 million in cap space this year. They spent a decent amount of money...just not on quality players. So they were willing to spend, they just didn't sign the right people.
They also know how to manipulate the cap to their advantage. If you watch how FOs are run the Pats will keep some players until they are about to hit free agency then trade them for more picks. The Bengals seem to do just the opposite. Over paying for players that will never achieve what their new contract pays them. Why do they do it ? Because fans revolt when they don'(I. e. Whit)t. Could you imagine what the fans would say if we had Chandler Jones or Collins and let them go? Players like Dunlap, Atkin, and this year AJ will be a detriment to success.
