03-10-2016, 01:54 PM
(03-10-2016, 01:31 PM)OrlandoBengal Wrote: Are you really trying to argue that the Cincinnati model is better than Denver? They went to two Super Bowls in three years, completely remaking their defense after the first loss, and now have another trophy to add to their case. Meanwhile, the Bengals have not had a single playoff victory in almost three decades,
No one who is on the pro free agency side is arguing to "blow anything up" or to bring in the highest price guy every year. What is being said is that the addition of quality free agents to supplement a team built through the draft can work well. Denver brought in free agents, New England the year before that, Seattle the year prior. It is not a difficult concept to understand.
I get that. Michael Johnson was a pretty big free agent addition last year. Without him we arent the same D. AJ Hawk wasnt much. But neither was just about every other free agent LB that signed last year. Who is it that we could have signed that would have changed the last 2 minutes of our playoff game last year? What WR that is out there now will fix our ails?
We had something like 13 free agents this year. Step 1 is retaining our guys.
Poeple act like if we arent getting Peyton mannings and darrelle revis and talib like free agents we arent trying. We make free agency moves. Just because they arent big name guys or record setting contracts doesnt mean they dont contribute to our success.
