Bengals Front Office Needs To Get With It.

[Essex Johnson]

(Today, 08:35 AM)jj22 Wrote: ^ Is a legit point.

The team is relatively the same.

All chips are on the coaching change. Looking at what the rest of the division did in FA and the draft, it's hard to see how the Bengals closed the gap if only looking at FA and the draft. An influx of talent in all other teams in the division outside of the Bengals.

Bengals were 2nd to last place in the division and approached FA and the draft like they were 1st place. Ravens and Steelers approached FA and the draft like they were in last place.

From a talent standpoint, if you compare the rosters, Bengals really no longer compare talent wise (with the exception of Chase). Not like they used to anyway when Bengals were clearly one of the most talented teams in the league if not the division. 

I agree the Steelers are more talented team on defense but not even close on offense to the Bengals and their offseason and draft this year has been a bit of a cluster. You sign DK then trade Pickens, you trade for Ramsey yet let Fitzpatrick go.   You let Wilson and Fields go pass on a QB till 6th round and then sign a less productive player and older QB in Rogers.... Finally they struggled on their Oline last year, yet they did not draft or i believe sign any Oline free agent.  i do give them credit on adding Smith at Tight end but their offense is not better than the Bengals...