02-04-2016, 05:35 PM
(01-25-2016, 04:32 PM)ochocincos Wrote: "Bob McGinn, of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, one of the most plugged-in NFL reporters in the country, reported over the weekend that McCarthy is "fed up" with Thompson's conservative approach to free agency.
"According to several sources, McCarthy is fed up with his boss' unwillingness to take a chance and reinforce the roster with veteran players that might be unknown to the Packers but have the talent to contribute," McGinn wrote in a column that lambasted both the GM and coach for a lost season."
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000628115/article/mccarthy-fed-up-with-packers-freeagency-approach
The reason I am posting this in the Front Office sub-forum of Jungle Noise is because many fans have had the same complaints with the Bengals FA approach too. While the Bengals have had good consistent success following the same approach as the Packers do, they have still plateaued.
Is the Bengals FO feeling the same heat that the Packers FO is feeling to "win now"? Do they do anything at all to change their approach?
What would the Bengals have/need to do in FA to take that next step? Any players specifically that they should try to sign?
Well i understand why both Franchises are seen this way. The Packers keep forgetting about keeping their HOF QB upright.
They have continually ignored the OL every year early in the Draft, the last guy they took early was Bulaga if i am not mistaken.
They are about as mum as us in FA as well so McCarthy definately has a point.
For us, we need to just do a little more in FA, our Drafting has been fine. Like this year we need to bring back Iloka, Adam, Sanu
and improve on what we lose in a player like MLJ. If we got a guy like Rishard Matthews i think we might even improve in a ways
especially if we build on this through the Draft. Letting Reggie go we would need to bring in a guy like Mark Barron and i think
that would be a fine FA for us.
This FA i don't think we need as much as we did last year. I was slightly disapointed then.
But the Draft has the players we need at DT, LB and most importantly Center. We are not paying for Alex Mack in FA, too bad.
