New locker room too

[Essex Johnson]

(08-01-2024, 09:59 PM)ochocincos Wrote: They aren't seeing the Bengals land that outside elite dominant FA for top-tier $$ though, which might be why.
Yes, the Bengals spent a ton on certain positions as a whole, but Bengals aren't paying a Top-5 AAV for any player at a position other than Burrow.
OBJ is the 24th highest paid OT based on AAV.
Cappa 21st highest paid OG.
Karras 11th highest OC.
Hendrickson 8th highest DE.
Rankins 19th highest DT.
Wilson 27th highest LB.
Geno Stone 18th highest SAF.

One could easily argue it's the Bengals being smart with their $$, but someone else may argue rather than get two dudes in the 20s, why not get THAT DUDE who is a Top Tier dude and paid like it.

Honestly, for what the Bengals were paying that DL last year, they underperformed.
Same with the OL.
But outside of Hendrickson and Burrow, they aren't paying for even Top 10.

Well looks Iike from sports sites  Bengals are in top tier roster rankings 

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-roster-rankings-all-32-teams-2024-strengths-weaknesses-x-factors

https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-s-top-10-most-complete-teams-for-2024-season

Also PFF did one excluding team QB and we ranked 9th,