10-22-2017, 11:35 PM
(10-22-2017, 11:29 PM)Whatever Wrote: We've had some great drafts here and there. We also had some drafts that didn't pan out not because of talent, but because of off field issues and injuries.
Reality is, we aren't getting a GM until Mike Brown dies, and we aren't getting an expanded scouting department until we get a GM.
If there wasn't revenue sharing, the small market teams would have no way to compete. The Bengals had revenue of $355 million last year, and over $240 mil of that was from league revenue sharing. They would have to move to a larger or bigger spending market to compete.
We've had 2 great drafts. Most of our drafts are average.
A draft that doesn't pan out because of off-the-field issues is still a bad draft. The Bengals were constantly trying to take shortcuts. Get that 1st Round talent in the 3rd Round because no one else would tolerate the risk.
Would small market teams fail? I think it would put a premium on doing things right like hiring scouts and competing to keep fans happy.
Pittsburgh isn't that much larger of a city than Cincy and they won Super Bowls before revenue sharing. Green Bay is a smaller market too.
