{The Ultimate Bengals Offseason Extravaganza Thread}

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(03-30-2025, 10:52 AM)ERIC1 Wrote: the team has gone 9-8 the past two seasons ....lol@ "sarcastic."..dude.. our father was one of the team physicians in the 70s and 80aside from  two games that I can think of we have attended almost every home game the past 40 years..and one Superbowl..We love our bengals..The reality is this team has not done well the past two years..Its not sarcastic ..its not a  personal attack ..its fact....And with all of Treys sacks..how did the defense do?  And I think this is where your frustration with me comes into play..Football is a team sport and there has been something amiss with our team the past two years.... and aside from Burrow and Chase...I don't think that anyone on the team is beyond reproach....I get that some on here love certain players and herein lies another difference..These players are going to be multimillionaires wherever they play,  they are going to continue to be friends with one another, they are going to have vacation homes in Miami Beach or France, they will be driving 500k cars...their kids and their grandkids will never have to work again..they will be fine even if they dont play for  our team..And I feel that some on this Board feel that if players leave our organization they will be relegated to Siberia and digging ditches in minus twenty degree weather..And finally, we as human beings have different opinions on everything..Heres a take..I hope that my opinion on retaining Higgins and Trey is absolutely incorrect and this team goes to the Superbowl this year..And if so..I will apologize to certain members on this Board..with great joy..Have a great day

The singular point in all of these arguments is, IF the Bengals were better at drafting outside the top 5, trading your best players at the right time would be a valid point. 

They're not, so their best option is to keep the best players and hope that the ones they draft at least turn out to be decent and maybe a couple starters in the future. 

More draft picks does not equal a better team with the Bengals in the same way it does with teams like the Chiefs and Eagles.