Our inept FO strikes again...

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(02-03-2021, 02:43 AM)coachmcneil71 Wrote: He is surounded by a ton more talent than we have on defense. JPP,Suh,White,David...those guys are pretty damn good. Odds of probability would lean towards him having success. That said, it wreaks of inept front office Bengalism and their staff of the seven dwarves.

The Bucs really spent every last dime they had into 2020. Their remaining cap is only $1.3 mill.
You mention all the stud players they got, but only 6 are making $10+ mill in 2020.
Also, they have no DBs making big money, which has allowed them to pay for Brady, Barrett, Donovan Smith, JPP, David, Jensen, Gronk, Evans, Suh, and Marpet.
They then supplemented those contracts with good performance from guys on rookie contracts - White, Howard, Vea, Wirfs, Godwin, Jones, Winfield.
Last, they actually have a proven, established HC who knows how to run a good offense in Bruce Arians.

They truly went all-in to try to win, and they don't have a single person making $5+ mill who performed poorly this year. They mostly stayed healthy too.

Meanwhile, the Bengals have the following players making $5+ mill in 2020 who didn't return the value they were expected to:
AJ Green
Bobby Hart
Geno Atkins
CJ Uzomah (hardly got to play any games)
DJ Reader (hardly got to play any games)
Trae Waynes (0 games played due to injury)
John Ross (only played 3 games, had 2 catches for 17 yards)
Joe Burrow (missed almost half the season)

Shawn Williams and Gio Bernard were also paid nearly $5 mill in 2020, but were backups. Williams had a total of 16 tackles with 0 turnovers. Bernard hasn't had 500 rushing yards in a season since 2015.

Bengals need to stay healthy and get better performance from their guys. Especially the ones making the most money.