04-11-2025, 12:52 PM
(04-11-2025, 12:30 PM)ochocincos Wrote: That wasn't my concern, actually.
I was arguing that I don't think adding more to the RB room is going to pay off as much because I don't foresee Taylor and Pitcher adjusting the playcalling to really give multiple RBs a good number of touches.
So why take a RB on Day 2 who may get sub-300 touches?
Or if a RB is taken and used a lot, what would that mean for Chase Brown, who did admirably last year once becoming a workhorse?
I know some people want an offense like Detroit has, but they aren't paying nearly as much into their receivers like Bengals are.
ASB is the only pass catcher making >$10 mill APY. LaPorta and JMo are making sub-$6 mill APY each.
If Bengals are going to pay so much for pass catchers, it's expected (or at least I expect) that the offense will be far more pass-heavy than balanced.
I mean, Montgomery didn't get close to 300 touches in Detroit last year. If 300 touches is your baseline, it seems quite high.
The motivation would be threefold. First, they feel Brown can be more effective if he's sharing touches and kept fresh. As the year went on and he took on the cast majority of the carries, the number of big, explosive runs he had diminished drastically. Second, likely little confidence in Moss/Perrine carrying the load if Brown goes down. And third, with so much $ in the WR's, paying a RB in a year or two because you didn't draft a replacement could get tough.
