(03-08-2016, 10:11 PM)RagnarLothbrok Wrote: I'm sorry but they are good about signing contacts before they expire. They usually don't let their priority players get to the eve of Free Agency without re-signing.

I'm in panic mode. They put out propaganda about how we don't have any money and we've only re-signed players so far that we wouldn't have to worry about another team trying to take (seriously, who actually wants Brandon Tate?).

So when I see that Nelson, Iloka, Pacman, Hall, Rey, Jones, Sanu aren't re-signed I get worried. Tomorrow all of our free agents could be signing a new contract with another team and that would leave us with a completely depleted defensive unit.

So, I don't believe they can do it again. But, if they somehow are able to field a somewhat respectable defense next year, I'll eat crow.

(03-08-2016, 09:36 PM)GreenCornBengal Wrote: Each year we have doubted the front office, yet when it is all said and done, about halfway thru the season, we are praising their decisions.

I for one have been on here screaming to sign Iloka back as soon as possible. We need them ALL back! right?!

We laughed at the Dalton contract... well that worked out pretty well.
We worried that AJ and Atkins would get away... they are here for the long haul.
We wondered what would happen with Burfict and his contract situation, and Dunlap as well.. all still here.

Maybe its time to sit back and trust what they are doing, even if we lose some key players tomorrow.

Perhaps everything will be A-OK in the end, and we just love to complain.

This FO has surprised me before, and I hope they do it again.

(03-09-2016, 10:41 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Too many people claim free agency is a time when every team in the league gets better except the Bengals.  But in reality that is impossible for every team to get better when every signing by one team is a loss by another team.  People like to act like these free agents just appear out of thin air because apparently the Bengals are the only team that does not pay enough to keep all of its own players either.

Over the last decade the Bengals have lost two good players to free agency....Michael Johnson (but for just one season) and Johnathan Joseph.  During that same period of time they have signed multiple starters.  So while the Bengals have made some small gains in the free agency market, they have suffered very few losses.

You can not just look at "players signed" to judge free agency and ignore "players lost".  Every good free agent that people pine for the Bengals to sign every year are a loss to some other team.

This year it looks like we will definitely lose more than we re-sign, but that is just the reality of having a deep talented roster.