(10-06-2020, 08:08 PM)Wire22Wire Wrote: Unrelated to topic, can someone who has been on here for a while explain why this thread I started has a 1 star next to it? Is it due to my newness?

I am trying to figure some of the site features out, like reps etc.  Thanks!

(10-06-2020, 08:22 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: Someone being an A hole. On threads you did not start you can select 1-5 stars and rank them. Not too many people do it. Someone likes to give out 1 star when they get their feelings hurt or disagree or something. I put in a 5 star and it jumped up to a 3. 

(10-05-2020, 08:19 PM)Wire22Wire Wrote: Next year is even more critical than this year.  The 2021 cap is projected at 175M, down nearly 33M due to revenue loss.

They have 36 players under contract next year.

Spending 198M this year on a 208 M Cap

Teams are going to struggle mightily getting under the cap

This is good for teams like the Bengals because there should be less competition for prime FAs

Teams may have to cut mid-high priced players to get under the new number


Prime Cut Candidates:

Dunlap
Gio
Uzomah
Hart

Those alone free up 25M
AJ Green saves another 18

198-43 = Get Bengals to 155

(10-06-2020, 12:35 AM)McC Wrote: Sign a RG or RT, or both, draft one or both.  Boom, line fixed in one offseason.  Multiple years?  Are you loco? 

You can finish off a team through FA but you can't build it that way.  How the **** is that not crystal clear?

(10-07-2020, 08:43 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Not that simple.

First we need to figure out market value of our own if we wish to keep any, then we need to see what's available in FA, then guestimate what will be the deepest positions in the draft? Last year was WR and we got a good one in round 2, LB's as well.

This year? Not sure with the wacky NCAACF season what is out there. Some might stay to get in a better year of tape for higher draft position, others come out early and barely get drafted. 

This past season was one of the worst for UDFA's. Tons of guys never even got a chance to try out.

And after the draft try to fill what ever holes we have left. 


It's not as simple as draft OL and boom done, those guys might not pan out, so need options. 

(10-08-2020, 01:57 AM)ah5 Wrote: Building through FA is a recipe for disaster.

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(10-08-2020, 05:10 AM)Wire22Wire Wrote: Thanks mike brown for stopping In

Building parts of the team through free agency doesn’t mean you forego or void your draft picks.  

This is not like choosing how to get to your vacation, driving or flying.  


I would also not advise tanking your draft pics intentionally because you feel you might have been too successful upgrading parts of your team via FA.  Lol

(10-08-2020, 07:41 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: He's right.  The teams that spend big money generally don't end up being the best teams during the season.

I  have no problem bringing in a guy to stablilize a position (RT or another interior lineman), but it's not practical to build a team through free agency.

(10-08-2020, 07:41 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: He's right.  The teams that spend big money generally don't end up being the best teams during the season.

I  have no problem bringing in a guy to stablilize a position (RT or another interior lineman), but it's not practical to build a team through free agency.

(10-08-2020, 08:51 PM)Wire22Wire Wrote: Who is saying they should only build via free agency?

You goons are bengal brain washed

(10-05-2020, 09:43 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: 1.) It's 100% a yes, unless they let loyalty get in the way.  Why on Earth would pay a guy 5 mil dollars, with his history, coming off an achilies injury.  IMHO, he was an obvious cut before he got hurt.  Now it's almost unforgiveable to keep him on the books.

2.) You can definitely find an upgrade over Bobby Hart with his cap savings.  The guys is currently making about 4 times his actual worth.

(10-08-2020, 11:51 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: The title of the thread.  

(10-08-2020, 11:51 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: The title of the thread.  

(10-08-2020, 11:52 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: how many people were rooting to sign Peter's, now on IR.. have to draft better to fix the oline..

(10-08-2020, 11:52 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: Tackles are over paid, how many people were rooting to sign Peter's, now on IR.. have to draft better to fix the oline..

(10-09-2020, 12:29 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: People who wanted to go cheap, and find some ancient veteran once the better talent was all inked.

We need to fill a couple holes with high end, proven talent.  Not guys who are 40, or guys who signing 2 mil dollar deals.  We need to sign a couple guys that would start for a lot of other teams across the league.

Jason Peters is a terrible example of what OP is referring to.  That's a bargain bin, dumpster diving signing, and it is exactly what we need to get away from.

(10-09-2020, 06:02 AM)kevin Wrote: The problem is most teams do not let go of top O Linemen.  Except the Bengals, but most teams do not.  This is why Paul Brown from Cleveland to Cincinnati was into the guys out of college.   You really don't see the best blockers going from team to team like players jumping around the NBA.  In the NFL, teams rarely part with the best blockers, so you do look more to college help.  Of course the Bengals could use a 1st Round Pick in the Defensive Front 6 also.  I say Front 6, because Zac plays 5 DBs 80 % of the time. A Real Monster on Defense would help also.  Depends who is on the board when Bengals pick, D or O Line.  8 or 6 wins would be an improvement from 2019, but should still bring a Stud to Defense or O Line.  The D needs a rookie Stud, Bengals still one of worst defenses. Who was the last Bengals Front 7 taken in Round 1, it's been so long ago, and why D Front including LB's needs addressed ASAP in 2021.  Any Stud at D Line or LB in draft is welcome.