02-12-2016, 05:59 PM
(02-11-2016, 06:20 PM)Bengalbug Wrote: You are right... But I'd still do it. This team doesn't have that many holes needed filled. If we don't get a reciever in fa or resign our own, we would most likely draft one the next year or two anyway very high. Many times #1 receivers who hit fa the first time are 27-28but him being 25 means you could really sign him to a 7 year contract. He doesn't really rely on his speed. Rather his physical body, going up at highest point, winning contested balls...Similar to marshal & Fitzgerald
*please note I know this will not happen, but it's silly we continue to pay people great money when they are average. Or slightly above*. The bengals FO is loyal to a fault. It's nice to see people live out their contracts but it's not responsible to have your 3rd or 4th best corner be one of your highest paid players. We could literally free up on a given year 15-20m and sign 1 or 2 difference makers and fill in the gaps with similar marginal talent.
It would be crazy to give up two first round picks for Alshon Jeffery.
And it is not as easy to replace plsyers like Leon Hall as some people think. CBs are expensive on th efree agent market. I don't think it would have been worth it to cut him to save a couple of million dollars.
Free agents are far from sure things. I, like most people here. would like to see the Bengals be more aggressive about at least signing one top free agent a year, but if you start constantly cutting players with years left on their contracts and turn the roster over every few years the team is going to decline.
Plus, if you miss on a draft pick you lose a couple of million. If you miss on a tpo free agent you could lose tens of millions. And there are a lot of free agents that miss.
