02-26-2016, 12:47 PM
(02-26-2016, 12:38 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: We really don't have any money at all after $10 million for the "rookie pool", $20 million for signing our own, a $5 million "injury buffer" blah blah blah.
Don't worry though, we'll kick the tires on at least 5-6 crappy free agents who will come for a visit and promptly leave with no deal.
Sure it "works" if you're content with 5 straight playoff "appearances". Some of us just think their formula could be tweaked to work better.
Maybe instead of stalling out at the same point every single year like we're stuck in the movie Groundhog's Day, we could actually spend a little more (just once) in an attempt to get over that hump. Maybe we should be looking at how New England and Denver approach things. How much money have they carried over every year? Are they signing higher quality free agents than us?
Our Defense is were we have the free agents i believe our entire offense is home grown (drafted) at least the starters right now.
and a few of those guys need contracts this year on both sides of the ball..
Bengals have money left over because they dont do to many bad deals leaving them with dead money like a lot of these teams that make the big free agency splash and then release theplayer a year or 2 later.
Playoffs this year were lost due to however you want to view it... The Flags the Fumble or the lack of our starting QB..
We were rolling thru the season pretty well before dalton got hurt. not sure how the extra money would have fixed that.
