06-04-2019, 02:04 PM
(06-04-2019, 01:54 PM)depthchart Wrote: I have a feeling that 2019 will be the year BEFORE Zac starts to make more of his own personal Stamp on the team.
There is a closing Window of time left for some Key Stars coupled with Zac possibly needing a season to get to know all of the players he inherited.
Add to that a New Staff that may not all succeed as one Unit in 2019. Zac may have to purge a few of these Coaches after 2019 to dial in his Staff longer term.
I have personally given the Bengals some what of a pass on not being big players in Free Agency in 2019 because I believe Zac will need a season to get a handle on his team and the inherited players.
I would hope that after 2019, the Bengals allow Zac to make a bigger splash in Free Agency and to decide a longer term direction going forward that could include a trade or two of some of the aging Stars or even a commitment to a rookie QB.
Zac has to try to win with "Marvin's players" and fans are invested in seeing those same players win but Zac & a whole New Staff teaching "Marvin's players" a new way of playing may not result in winning right away in 2019.
After 2019; Zac & the Bengals may have to close the Window on some of the aging reminders of "Marvin's team" and have a youth movement that transitions to more of "Zac's players" before the winning comes. Possibly purge a few players that don't buy in to the change whether these players are young or older.
The competitiveness of the NFL may force Zac & the Bengals to use 2019 to evaluate players, learn on the job and then Chart the longer term direction.
The choice may come down to holding onto the hope of winning with "Marvin's team" -or- transitioning to a point where Zac puts his Stamp on what will have to be "his team & players".
If Zac needs a year to learn how to coach and teach then he sure as hell does not need to be getting rid of any players.
You can't have it both ways. You can't say he is smart enough to know which players he needs but at the same time he is clueless about how to evaluate and coach the players he has right now.
The guy has been around the NFL. He either knows how to teach and evaluate players or he doesn't.
