When was the last time...

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(01-17-2018, 07:55 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: Yep, they did a pretty good job with acquisitions in 2011 (free agents, trades, waiver claims). The following year was a different story, as they spent some money (Green-Ellis, Newman, Wharton, Anderson, Allen, Bell, Harvey, etc) but struck out on most of them. Ever since, its been an extremely conservative approach with very little risk involved.

Bleh.

That reminds me of back when they let JJo leave over guaranteed money/signing bonus. They ended up spending more money on 7 CBs during that time than they would have if they had just paid JJo what he wanted.

Brandon Ghee (3rd round pick + 4yr/$2.44m)
Dre Kirkpatrick (1st round pick + 4yr/$8.6m)
Shaun Prater (5th round pick + 4yr/$2.212 )
Kelly Jennings (1yr/$2m)
Nate Clements (2yr/$10.5m)
Jason Allen (2yr/$8.2m)
Terrence Newman (1yr/$825k)

....were the Bengals attempts to fill JJo's gap in the 2 years following his departure. A 1st, 3rd, 5th round picks, and $34.777m in contracts.... to avoid giving JJo more guaranteed money on a 5yr/$48.75m deal. You figure JJo got $9.75m/yr, so $19.5m in those first two years and those 7 players total $28.151m for those same two years.

So a 1st, 3rd, and 5th round pick, plus $8.651m more than JJo would have cost, to do a lesser job than JJo would have done.

THAT is the Bengals way.

(01-17-2018, 08:34 PM)jowczarski Wrote: Not sure where you would see that since it's not really a thing. 

The only thing Marvin Lewis noted re: free agency was not "more activity" or even "spending more" but it's about finding better players from other teams. That's a fair point to make when you look at Hawk-Dansby-LaFell-Minter not really tearing things up. 

I had legitimately already forgotten he was ever a Bengal until you just now mentioned it and I went "oh yeah".