(12-18-2019, 12:34 PM)Bengalfan4life27c Wrote: Winning the last 2 and not getting Burrow

(12-18-2019, 01:01 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: Worst offseason scenario for me is that they don't re-sign all of their free agents.  I've already accepted the fact that this team will always be big players for the tier 3 free agents.  Anything big free agent signing isn't going to happen.

So, I want to hold on to Glenn, Hopkins, Green etc. because I know that they won't be replaced with anything other than draft picks

(12-18-2019, 11:06 AM)ochocincos Wrote: Curious to know what everyone would consider their worst case offseason scenario?

Mine is:
- retaining every coach
- keeping Andy Dalton and Cordy Glenn (big contracts with no dead cap if traded/released)
- tagging Green (big $$ that's all guaranteed)
- using up a good chunk of the cap space on all the above and the rest of the Bengals' FAs to use up most of the upcoming cap space
- still using the draft to get Burrow, a WR, and an OL to sit behind the above FAs for 2020, thereby essentially not having these guys see the field much in 2020 OR them seeing the field but now guys like Glenn, Green, and/or Dalton becoming high-priced backups.

So essentially I guess my worst case scenario is more of how the Bengals always operate?  

(12-18-2019, 11:06 AM)ochocincos Wrote: Curious to know what everyone would consider their worst case offseason scenario?

Mine is:
- retaining every coach
- keeping Andy Dalton and Cordy Glenn (big contracts with no dead cap if traded/released)
- tagging Green (big $$ that's all guaranteed)
- using up a good chunk of the cap space on all the above and the rest of the Bengals' FAs to use up most of the upcoming cap space
- still using the draft to get Burrow, a WR, and an OL to sit behind the above FAs for 2020, thereby essentially not having these guys see the field much in 2020 OR them seeing the field but now guys like Glenn, Green, and/or Dalton becoming high-priced backups.

So essentially I guess my worst case scenario is more of how the Bengals always operate?  

(12-18-2019, 01:17 PM)I_C_DeadPeople Wrote: You forgot "Mixon sits out for a new contract"

(12-18-2019, 01:29 PM)TJHoushmandzadeh Wrote: Letting all of Green, Dalton, Glenn, Kirkpatrick, Ross, Hart etc go without getting value for them and we end up replacing them with Erickson, Finley, Torry McTyer, John Jerry, Damon Willis and Kent Perkins after...
...Using the cap space to sign a load of expensive FAs to mulityear deals who all end up as busts - not only will they eat up cap but Mike Brown will be so scarred he won't ever trust a FA again

Replacing every coach and having to repeat this year's learning process all over again

Burrow is injured before the draft so we pass on him and the player we chose in his place gets injured pre-season anyway

Joe Mixon re-signs in a record deal for a RB and promptly smacks a girl in the face and is banned indefinitely prompting a return of the Bengals are all criminals narrative. Juju Schuster-Smith does the same and is given a 2 match ban to be served during the 3rd and 4th pre-season matches.

I could go on but can'y we talk about best case scenarios instead?

(12-18-2019, 01:07 PM)BengalsFan1986 Wrote: Worst case scenario. We win the next two games, resulting in us picking 3rd overall. The entire coaching staff is retained, citing our 2 game winning streak and an injury plagued season as reasons for the second chance. Trey Hopkins leaves in free agency after we low ball him. An AFC North team signs him for slightly more than we offered. We franchise tag AJ Green. Our free agent signings are a second tier OG, a cast off center, a past his prime linebacker with a decent name, and a few others to fill roster spots. Our first round pick is Andrew Thomas, who tore a pec muscle working out at the combine. It’s not serious though and he will absolutely be ready for OTAs.

Andrew Thomas is not ready for OTAs. Joe Mixon takes notes from Ezekiel Elliott and Melvin Gordon and decides to hold out. AJ Green waits until the last possible minute to sign his franchise contract. He also decides to hold out until mandatory practice to avoid injury.

Andrew Thomas suffers an unexpected set back. He’s not ready for mini camp and starting the season on the PUP list. AJ is healthy, but looks like a shell of his former self since he hasn’t played in well over a year. Mixon’s hold out continues. Signing Gio is really paying off as he looks great though. That’s until he suffers a concussion in the second series of our first preseason game and retires. Andy Dalton is looking really good though. Like the best we’ve seen. So good, in fact, that Mike Brown decides to sign him to a 4 year extension right before the season starts. Bad Andy shows up and plays out the rest of the season.

Our defense still doesn’t figure out how to cover TEs and RBs.

I could probably come up with worse, but then it doesn’t seem as realistic.

(12-18-2019, 11:06 AM)ochocincos Wrote: Curious to know what everyone would consider their worst case offseason scenario?

Mine is:
- retaining every coach
- keeping Andy Dalton and Cordy Glenn (big contracts with no dead cap if traded/released)
- tagging Green (big $$ that's all guaranteed)
- using up a good chunk of the cap space on all the above and the rest of the Bengals' FAs to use up most of the upcoming cap space
- still using the draft to get Burrow, a WR, and an OL to sit behind the above FAs for 2020, thereby essentially not having these guys see the field much in 2020 OR them seeing the field but now guys like Glenn, Green, and/or Dalton becoming high-priced backups.

So essentially I guess my worst case scenario is more of how the Bengals always operate?