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[SunsetBengal]

(03-17-2020, 05:52 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I get what you are doing, but I think the Bengals are spending too much in certain areas while not spending enough in others. It's causing a lot of mediocre players being overpaid rather than paying high price for elite players and filling the rest with (much) cheaper deals or draft picks.

The Bengals are spending the 2nd most money on WR in the NFL ($37.2 mill). That consists of a WR who hasn't played in over a year and is over 30 years old, a good reliable WR2, an explosive yet unreliable 4th year, and some young late-round guys.

The Bengals are 8th most paid for DBs at $33 mill. How many elite guys? Maybe WJ3 (if he gets back on track)?

The Bengals are last at LB ($2.5 mill).
26th on OL spending ($25.9 mill).
19th on QB ($19.3 mill) but would go down to last if Dalton was cut.
Tied for 15th on RB ($7.3 mill)
16th on TE ($8.6 mill)
13th on DL ($31.6 mill)
Tied for 11th on K/P/LS ($6.7 mill)

What would be the drop-off in production be (if any) if they got rid of some of the middling guys (Dalton, Uzomah, Hart, Miller, Bullock, DK, Bernard) and replaced them with guys on (much) cheaper deals instead?

Agree on many points.  I will add that I don't get Mike Brown's fascination with players that line up furthest from the ball, being the highest priority on his list of people to pay.

I'm kind of old school in the way that I believe that you build a winning team from the "inside out".  Meaning that on offense you want hard-ass interior OL, a couple of tough RBs that can bang and catch the ball, a pair of "bull in the China Shop" TEs with hands of glue.  When you have that, you control the clock and impose your will.  It naturally opens opportunities for players on the edges, who only need to be competent in this offense.

On defense, you want to be strong up the middle and force the action to the edges.  Meaning tough interior DL, emphasis on LBs, and a great pair of Safeties.  If you control the middle of the field, it makes the job of the perimeter defenders so much easier.