The truth about free agency

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(03-23-2019, 06:54 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: People tend to lump free agency into either:

1 ) Spending top dollar on 1 player like Albert Haynesworth.
2 ) Signing depth guy scrubs and drafting players.

There is a vast middle ground to this and I think the middleground is what several of us advocate. But, for some it's hard to realize that the Bengals strategy of free agency doesn't work as they know it isn't likely to change anytime soon. When you are an extreme outlier (no playoff wins for 27+ years) while other teams have all won atleast 1 game and most 5+ over that span, you have to be using an unusually poor strategy.

The truth is, for our model to work we have to hit on an abnormally high amount of draft picks over 5-6 years witch several being Pro Bowl level. With our small scouting staff, that isn't likely. We've had what I would consider rosters worth of winning a playoff game maybe 2-3 times over the past 27 years. That's insanely low.

This year, there haven't been a lot of middle ground signings by anybody.  Lotta high end signings, a few lower deals for some older than dirt guys.  This year's crop was, on the whole, pretty weak.