Will We Make a Trade Today?

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(10-31-2018, 01:30 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: The issue lies with Marvin Lewis, IMO. We've mostly been good about getting carries to guys like Mixon and Gio, but we don't get other RB's involved enough. Consider this: Mixon is currently on pace for 280 carries (if he played 16 games). That'd be a very healthy total. Our issue is we're not getting other RB's involved enough, which has been a problem for many years. If you have 3 RB's on the roster, there's no reason not to get that 3rd guy some touches. Instead, Marv always puts that 3rd guy in moth balls.


I'm not saying we should give out picks like candy, but at some point you have to value the present. This core of players (Andy, AJ, Atkins, Dunlap) are all around 30. I'd say 1 year of contending with that group is more valuable than a typical 4th round pick. 

Spot on !

Marvin is notorious for not getting anybody down the depth chart involved very much if at all. And the habit of still being in games and abandoning the run just irks me to no end.

This core group is running out of time and fast ! If not now, when ? This building for the future is a lost cause. And how many of the holy grail comp picks have ever done anything (much) to help this team get over the hump ? one ?