(08-28-2022, 11:21 AM)samhain Wrote: I think they are right where they need to be.  Unlike a lot of teams on the extreme end of going all in, they've retained basically all of their draft capital while continuing to address weaknesses on the roster through FA.  The FAs they are bringing in aren't the dumpster dive signings of old, either.  

I suppose it would be nice to get a high end LG or interior d-lineman to shoe things up.  On the other hand, I fell pretty strongly that the best practice for roster building is still utilizing the ability to develop talent in-house while it's still affordable.  

Could we replace a Volson with a bigger name?  Could they pay money for a guy like Suh on the open market?  I guess.  I'd rather take some time to see if players like Carter and Volson can get the job done and perhaps even become major franchise building blocks in time.  

Maybe next year there will be a glaring need that they will have an opportunity to acquire in FA, and I'm good with it if they go that route.  I just want to see youth get a chance to prove out.  If they can't develop drafted talent, then long term success in the Burrow era is a mirage.  

The free agent game is a supplemental tool that needs to be used wisely to build a roster.  It's not the primary means of talent acquisition, and it definitely doesn't take precedent over in-house development.

(08-28-2022, 03:15 PM)ezekiel23 Wrote: Fact:The Bengals organization did not go all in on the Offensive line.This is ALL they needed to do to go back to the SB and win it.Plain and simple.It doesn’t take an expert to figure that out.It’s not that they haven’t tried over the past several years to fix this problem,but they’ve been unsuccessful for obvious reasons.The depth to this OL is terrible.An injury or two,and you’re right back where you were last year.Hopefully everybody stays healthy.

When Mike Brown gets involved,bad things happen.

(08-28-2022, 12:44 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: Not saying he won;t but Chase has to put together a solid year this year to backup last year especially if Higgins has even a better year this year. that would really be interesting decision if Chase goes back and Higgins goes up this year to what to do with Higgins?

(08-28-2022, 04:11 PM)Joelist Wrote:  And you can't just take out loans to do this because the loan still has to be repaid PLUS INTEREST.

(08-28-2022, 11:20 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Peyote is a hell of a drug. 

(08-28-2022, 10:50 AM)Essex Johnson Wrote: I think every team wishes it had 5 quality starters and most don;t and depth across the board behind them i don;t think any team has that.... been stated before but Oline in the NFL seems to be the position with the least amount of quality starters especially at Tackle and have the worst depth in the league... though QB backups sure look thin too.  That does not mean we will stand pat, but the quality is not good out there and at what cost especially for a starter.. as for depth changes on the roster might happen but again those players are cuts too which then lead to question marks and now they have to learn a new system in a short amount of time.

(08-29-2022, 04:37 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Bengals arguably have at least a solid starter at every starting offensive and defensive position except LG.

The difference though with the Bengals compared to many other teams is they have/had the cap to add one more solid guy to cover LG if neither Carman nor their Rd 4 rookie panned out by Game 1.

My hope is they'd add someone just for insurance if anything, but I can see them choosing to roll with who they have so they don't have to make any additional cuts that they may not be comfortable with.