01-26-2025, 12:18 PM
(01-26-2025, 11:39 AM)2MinutesHate Wrote: If we take a look at positional spending around the rest of the league, it's painfully obvious we absolutely cannot spend $60+ million of the cap on just two WR's.
Keep in mind that these numbers are for the whole group, not just two guys.
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/position/_/year/2025/table/active/type/cap_total/sort/wr/dir/desc
You may think that Seattle is spending $69 million, so why can't we? They also are spending almost $70 million more in 2025 than the league average in total spending, so that's an anomaly and there's no way they pay Lockett $30 million for another 600 yards or less next season.
I think Burrow is a smart guy and can understand the numbers as well as anyone, so it's mostly just lip service when he describes Tee as a "need". Joe probably knows Tee is already gone and is just trying to pump up his friend's value for the offseason feeding frenzy that we should not take part in.
If we do not address the reasons (OL and DL) we're not playing in the AFC title game today in the offseason, we will be even worse next year. It was a good run with Tee, but now it's over and it's time to start fixing the real problems.
I agree. They can't spend 60 million on Chase and Higgins. They have to keep Burrow to Chase.
Just as Boyd left, Higgins will leave and would have been gone last year if not for the Franchise Tag used on him.
Add in the Bengals missed the play-offs with Chase, Higgins, Boyd. Then missed the play-offs with Chase and Higgins. So the idea that the Bengals WR's can't be beat, doesn't hold water. The Bengals are getting beat.
Very simple, they need to keep Chase, but team needs some less expensive guys as the other pass options. Draft picks do not make 30 million dollars, and perhaps the draft will have another Higgins or Boyd at rookie contract pay for a few years. The Bengals went Super Bowl with a good Defense, and back to AFC Championship the next year. Going cheap on Defense to pay Burrow and others coming off rookie contracts, the Bengals have missed play-offs 2 seasons in a row due to poor Defense, You can't win without Blocking and Tackling. Good O lines and good Defenses win.
So I agree with you. If the Bengals spend this much on Chase and Higgins and Burrow, the rest of the team will be horse meat and continue to miss the play-offs. This isn't computer game football, or fantasy football. Bengals will not win without upgrade to Defense and Blocking.
I point to Kansas City Chiefs who did not pay Hill, but have been winning Super Bowls without him. Just as they kept Mahomes to Kelce, keeping Burrow to Chase should open up money to be spent on other areas of The Team to get back in The Hunt. Buffalo let a top WR go, but they are in AFC Championship.
GO BENGALS
1968 Bengal Fan
