The Bengals need to suck it up, break the norm and make a damn trade

[*PhilHos*]

(10-02-2024, 12:55 AM)Bengal Dude Wrote: Duke is very reluctant to trade. He's mentioned multiple times that he's not in the business to make other teams better. Back in 2019, the team got calls about some of our vet players since our season was lost. Dunlap and Eifert were mentioned. The FO wouldn't budge and held onto them. I wouldn't expect to see a trade any time soon.

I'm not as anti-Tobin as some on here, but I HATED that quote (and I think Mike Brown said a similar thing). Making trades isn't about making OTHER teams better, it's about making YOUR team better. Who the eff cares if it also happens to make another team better?

The follow up question to Duke should've been, "Ok, you don't want to make other teams better, but how does it make the Bengals better to hold on to a player and then lose them in the offesason for nothing?"