08-09-2017, 09:28 AM
(08-09-2017, 12:55 AM)Whatever Wrote: Every team in the NFL loses players they would rather keep.
At LB, they drafted Dawson, and he didn't pan out, then drafted Vigil, who the jury is still out on. Maualuga sxcked, and I've said it for years. I don't know what point you're trying to make, and how it pertains to this discussion.
Bodine is mediocre, at best, but he isn't the only reason we couldn't run the ball in the playoffs. You're making him a scapegoat for the entire unit's struggles, as well as the RB's. If you honestly think we could've run the ball just by swapping out Bodine, you're delusional. Then again, if you spread the blame around, some of it goes to the guys you're bemoaning the team letting leave.
The Steelers won SB's with a crap OL. I've posted on here before that statistically, there is no correlation between sacks allowed, ypc, or rushing offense and winning the SB. The only cardinal rule that holds true is no team has won a SB with an offense ranked lower than 22, and no team that averaged under 300 yards/game has won one since the 70's. Teams have won the SB ranking from the top to the bottom in those other categories. It's a fallacy that you can't win in the playoffs without a top tier OL.
So basically, the franchise has sucked for forever, so we should a stupid contract at an aging LT who was one of the team captains in this latest run of futility? If the franchise is so poorly run from a cap and personnel standpoint, tell me how they managed to assemble this Top 5 roster you were talking about in your first paragraph? If you admit they built a top 5 roster, then you shouldn't be doing all this complaining about player personnel moves. Of course, we both know you're just talking out of both sides of your mouth at this point, but whatever.
Ask yourself if the Bengals are committing all resources possible to winning.
The Steelers lose players because they are at or over the cap...and they restructure deals to get guys.
The Bengals lose guys when they have lots of cap space...and tell fans it's so they can re-sign future free agents. Until those free agents want market value...then they let them walk.
Even with a Top 5 roster and playoff success in their sites...they didn't bring that free agent or two in to put us over the top.
Is the goal to have cap space every year or is it to win a Super Bowl?
