Hobspins annual lies

[BengalChris]

(03-05-2016, 05:33 PM)SHRacerX Wrote: You have one example in the past 20 years where that truly worked and that team is now in cap purgatory.  Hardly anyone gave them a chance?  Say they had lost to New England, and been out in round 2, everyone would have said "what a waste of money they gave all those free agents to try and win while their window was open".

Denver had a MUCH older team, and a QB clearly on his last legs.  That is not the Bengals, and the Bengals are in place to contend for years to come.  

If the Bengals do as I think they will, and sign a couple veterans that are not FAs (i.e- they have been released) like a LB and a WR, or maybe a safety, they will get a tremendous windfall of compensatory draft picks for the 2017 draft.  Those will be able to be traded at that time, and only increases their value.  

No one will want to admit to this because it just hurts too damn much, but if Dalton doesn't injure his thumb, I don't think it is Denver that hoists that trophy.  

I also believe the Bengals are playing free agency for compensatory picks. That's the only thing that makes sense when looking at what they are doing, or not doing as the case is.

However, the highest such pick comes between the 3rd and 4th rounds and your chances of an instant starter at one of those picks isn't very high. The two such picks we had in the 2015 draft contributed very, very little. That first year is likely minimal impact from such players.

The fact that compensatory picks will be tradable in next year's draft is a bonus though.