Brandon Thompson

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(08-23-2017, 10:15 PM)Whatever Wrote: A big part of good roster management is finding players that fit the scheme, however.  Big oversized DE's fit that scheme.  The Bengals are working in smaller pass rushers, but need to adapt their scheme accordingly.

In some cases, the kinds of players we get is also directly affected by the priority placed on the position.  Dhani Jones wasn't a big, slow, thumper.  However, when the position group has largely been stocked with third tier FA's, UDFA's, and late round picks, you aren't going to get uber athletic guys.

I suppose everyone is entitled to their opinion, but an NFL organization trusting fans with personnel decisions would be disastrous.  The Bengals putting one of us in a FO position would be akin to someone who watched the World Series of Poker on tv sitting down at a table full of Poker pros.  We might win a couple of hands, but we'd be broke in short order.

I'm curious to see some type of revenue differential example (hypothetical or real if it exists) for a team that went like 4-12 vs 8-8 that just missed the playoffs vs 10-6 and got knocked out of the first round of the playoffs.
The reason I bring this up is because ultimately we always hear that if you didn't win a playoff game, you might as well have not made the playoffs at all and had a bad season. I would have to imagine revenue for making the playoffs and losing would be better than both of the other scenarios, but I'm just curious to how much more.