Tee vs a NEW D

[*Go Cards*]

(01-02-2025, 08:18 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: It’s not a great comparison, imo. For one, KC had 2 other HoF caliber players on the team besides Mahomes in Kelce and Jones. They also draft infinitely better than the Bengals so the picks they got for Tyreek actually turned into another true impact player in Trent McDuffie. They were better suited to trade away a proven commodity when they still had 3 upper echelon players, and a FO who actually knows how to draft. Not to mention they didn’t trade away Tyreek when he was only 25 years old.

Burrow, Chase, Hendrickson

and Bengals would be buying a $20 million plus player in FA with the money saved from Tee plus a draft pick that may pan out. Bengals hit on Chase and Tee and there's a chance they do it with pick received as well. Its not a foregone conclusion the Bengals will mess up the high draft pick Tee will fetch. 

Before everybody goes all Rankins and such, the Bengals made the SB with a bunch of FA signings on Defense. and the D was just as responsible for going to that SB as Joe, Chase, Tee, Boyd, Uzamah, and Mixon combined. They would not have made SB with the D that is featured today, not even close. 

Also think KC is a better model than several teams who like the Bengals have never even won a SB.