While the iron is hot.

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(01-12-2022, 11:30 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Because I see a lot of people around here talking about how we are "still young" and "will only get better".

Because I see so many people talking about how our top skill players are 25 or younger. 

Although everyone wants to win this year I believe a lot of peopl don't see any urgency because they think we will have plenty of more chances over the next few years.  I certainly hope we will be good for years to come.  I believe we SHOULD be good for year to come.  But NFL history has shown it may not happen.  Look what happened to Greg Cook and Ickey Woods.  Look at all the young talent we had on the '05 team, Palmer (25), Ocho (27), Rudi (25), Levi Jones (25), Eric Steinbach (25), Justin Smith (25), Robert Geathers (22), Odell Thurman (22), Chris Henry (22), David Pollack (23), Madieu Williams (24).

Too many people are taking this season for granted.  It may be a while before we have this good of a chance again.

Well there really isn't much more that can be done this year.
The best they can do is try to pick up a released guy here or there (e.g. Shaq Lawson).

As I mentioned before, the Bengals should be viewing this time that Burrow is on rookie contract as their window.
His veteran contract is going to be $30+ mill a year.
That's going to cut down on the number of other quality guys they can sign/keep.