Trying to outscore everyone actually IS a game plan but only if you commit to it.

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(03-28-2025, 09:51 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: IMO, I honestly don't think the Bengals are taking any kind of approach to "roster building".

They have no plan. Joe came out and said to sign Tee, Jamar, Mike G, etc. and so the Bengals are doing it.

Which is good (I guess). You want to make your QB happy. But im not going to sit here and act like the Bengals have any kind of plan when it comes to roster building.

To be clear I am NOT throwing shade at Burrow, but to be brutally honest, he spoke up and got what he wanted. If the defense continues to struggle and it falls on Joe and those guys to win it every game, he's got to own (at least to some degree) that situation is coming about as a result of the pressure he put on this franchise. 

Now, I am not saying that is a bad thing. I think Joe is the kind of guy who backs away from no challenge, but the table is set for next season in terms of the impact players we will have on D, there's probably no savior coming over on that side of the ball. 

Nor does that fact absolve the franchise of the whiffs they've made on picks or bad decisions, I'm just saying that Joe put his foot down and there are consequences to that, both good and bad.