08-23-2022, 10:21 AM
(08-23-2022, 10:10 AM)Au165 Wrote: I think they really want a young guy somewhere on the line. The financial templates for team building kind of require at least someone on a rookie contract manning a spot or two on the O line. You have Jonah for this year and I think they really want to make it work with Carman or Volson so they have that financial stability there for a couple years.
Carman's cap hit is $1.7 mill this season.
Spain's cap hit last year was just under $1 mill.
So even if you have a veteran, they can still be cheaper than someone on rookie contract.
I'm probably being paranoid, but I get nightmares about the team just rolling with Michael Jordan at LG because he was cheap and young. "Oh, he'll come around," they said. We all know how that ended.
I don't want to see anything similar to that again with the guys the Bengals currently have on the roster.
Zac Taylor 2019-2020: 6 total wins
Zac Taylor 2021-2022: Double-digit wins each season, plus 5 postseason wins
Zac Taylor 2023: 9 wins despite losing Burrow half the season
Zac Taylor 2024: Started 1-4. Ended 9-8 but barely missed playoffs
Changes needed to do better in Sept/Oct moving forward.
Sorry for Party Rocking!
Zac Taylor 2021-2022: Double-digit wins each season, plus 5 postseason wins
Zac Taylor 2023: 9 wins despite losing Burrow half the season
Zac Taylor 2024: Started 1-4. Ended 9-8 but barely missed playoffs
Changes needed to do better in Sept/Oct moving forward.
Sorry for Party Rocking!
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