Florio: 'Bengals care about money, not championships'

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(02-26-2021, 03:31 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I disagree with the statement that the Bengals just pocket the unused cap.
They stocked up a good amount of cap back about 10 years ago and basically have rolled it over year after year.
They could make the decision not to roll any or just part of the unused cap to next year, but they roll it all over.
By doing this, they've spent at or very close to the regular cap number every year.

The real issue is they don't always use their cap wisely. They sign mediocre players to inflated deals a good amount of time, and they are hesitant to cut bait with a declining/bad player until they have very little dead cap remaining. As such, some players stay longer than they should.

This.  There is more than enough evidence that they want to win championships and that it is a high priority for the organization and the family in particular.

I just think their philosophy is flawed and they keep making most of the same mistakes expecting different results.   What was good for the patriarch (Paul Brown) is good enough for us - in perpetuity.  Every organization makes its mistakes, but the devolvement of the offensive line and poor handling of free agency - not to mention the small size of the scouting department is a well documented trend that has been the hall mark of the team since the beginning.    They have a history of doing some really good things, and I have never heard any of them give direct evidence that they were more interested in money than championships.

I just think they make poor decisions which they justify after the fact.   I was very happy about last years forage into free agency, though I thought Waynes was a reach for the money.

I will be very interested to see how they handle free agency and the draft this year...