08-08-2017, 10:10 PM
(08-08-2017, 02:02 PM)Whatever Wrote: I would've liked Whit back and so would have the team, but you can't let Pro Bowl players in their primes slip through your fingers to keep a 34 year old T for another year, especially when you already drafted his replacement. We still haven't won a playoff game with this core of players, so it's logical t think we were more than 1-2 guys away.
I don't understand what your issue is with the correct cap information being pointed out is. $18 mil is not the correct figure, as it doesn't account for all the players that will make the roster.
What proven guy would you bring in? Clady retired and wasn't going to play for backup money. Hate to say it, but if I'm MB, Alexander hasn't missed on a 1st or 2nd round T yet. If he says Og and Fish can handle it, I have to trust him on it. If they fail, then he's out the door with Marvin.
It's what the Bengals always do. When they had a Top 5 roster in the NFL a few years ago...they'd save cap space to re-sign future free agents. The cap keeps rising. They could keep those guys anyways.
Why not sign a LB with that money to upgrade from Maualuga? A guy like Darryl Smith. He signed for $3-4 million a year and could actually cover TE's.
Why not sign a Center? It was obvious that Center was a weakness. They didn't address it and we couldn't run the ball in the playoffs.
You can always say...the Bengals need to save their cap space to keep future guys...but they had $18 million cap space and let Zeitler AND Whitworth leave.
It's classic Bengals.
And the we were more than Whitworth away from winning in the playoffs because we didn't win with him argument is classic. I'll tell you how you don't win in the playoffs? Fielding a poor offensive line.
Some fans will root for the Bengals and say that management has a sound strategy financially. It's been 25 years without a playoff win. Some 90% of NFL franchise's have won 5+ playoff game since we've last won a single game. We've won a total of what 5 playoff games in our 49 year history...
The Bengals philosophy DOES NOT work if your objective is playoff success. It works for profit margin.
