Are Rankins and Stone the worst FA haul of all time seeing the money we gave them?

[CJD]

(Yesterday, 10:40 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: So I am not sure if I believe this or not...

But it REALLY seems like we target FAs that play well against us the season prior. Stone and Rankins best games of the season were against us.

It's just hilarious to me if we base our free agent evaluations on that.

(Yesterday, 10:58 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: You may be onto something there, it is awfully coincidental.

It's not just last year. In his career prior to 2024, Rankins has had 29.5 sacks against 19 different teams in 76 games (he has 109 career games before 2024. The other 33 games are against teams who he has not recorded a sack against). Among those 19 teams, there are only two teams in which he is averaging more than 0.5 sacks per game. The Chargers and the Bengals.

The Bengals, he has 6 career sacks in 4 career games against us. Yes. Every game against us, he's had at least 1 sack.

And the Chargers, he has 1 sack in 1 game.

Over his career, he's been a quality pass rusher against exactly 1 team, and that team signed him this past off season.