Trey Hendrickson Update

[Luvnit2]

(6 hours ago)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Because you're not trying to fit as much talent as you can onto this team, which means you're already playing from behind.

The top-5 teams in combined AAV on their roster this year are..
49ers
Eagles
Texans
Bills
Lions

Averaged they have $410m in combined AAV on their rosters this year. We are 18th at $324m. They're operating under the same salary cap as us, but they were able to put on average another $86m in AAV of talent on their team than we have.

Think how much better our roster would be if theoretically we had on our roster for 2025 all the current players we have plus another $26m/yr DE, two $20m/yr OGs, and a $20m/yr S or something like that. 

That's the difference between trying to fit all the talent you can on your current roster. If we were a bad team with no hopes for postseason success, then by all means eat those big early cap hits now since it doesn't matter... but we're not. We have a QB in a window for a SB. Oh no, you might have some big cap hits in 2028 (or it could not be a problem and you just smooth it out their next contract). Either way who cares if it means you have 3 straight improved shots at a SB/SBs?

We have 5 guys making >$15m/yr and 4 guys making >$20m/yr.
The Eagles (1st in AAV) have 9 and 7.
The Lions (5th in AAV) have 7 and 6.

Again you are assuming you know better about the talent available right now than our FO. It is bad business and policy to spend money for the sake of spending money. But more so as I pointed out, they still with 6 weeks from TC have a ton of money left to extend Trey and sign the 2 draft picks and complete the roster.

If the Bengals did find a team willing to trade a stud, they could easily find more cap money by retsruturing Joe. But in my opinion it is dumb to do so unless you have the great player in your sights versus a possible wanna be signing.

OK, Eagles won the Super Bowl and also had a huge roster turnover. Has Detroit won anything yet? No, they have not won the NFC or made a Super Bowl so it could be argued they wasted money last year that could have been used in 2025 and beyond.

I know I am in the minority with a healthy Joe Burrow, we have a shot every year at winning the AFC and the Super Bowl. You don't think so and that is OK as well.

If they get Trey signed, we have a better shot, not great odds wise, but better so I. hope they get it done.