I think the schemes are a big issue

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(10-30-2024, 02:40 PM)TheCincinnatiKid Wrote: We were 2-3 years ago. We were a very good team and had a defence that wasn't shut out, but appeared at the right times. Yes, we've had the luck of drafting Joe and Ja'Marr, but those two weren't really the guys winning us playoff games.

The problem is we haven't transitioned from the Super Bowl team very well. Look at the roster from then and now, and while it's pretty similar in terms of 'key guys', we've not moved forward. We are and will be limited by the Burrow and Chase contracts, but the defence looks an absolute shell of what it was. And it's not like it was phenomenal then either, it just turned up at the right times.

I guess it's a great example of what happens when you need draft picks to pay off and they don't. 

Well, we had a star QB on a rookie contract. Tee and Chase were on rookie deals.

We've lost some free agents and our drafts haven't replaced many of them with quality. And with the salaries going up, we can't have as many good free agents.