03-17-2016, 02:15 AM
I think it's way too early to try and state whether the Bengals have improved or not.
Yes, our second most productive receiver is gone, but look at all the teams who have lost players at this point and haven't replaced them yet. The off season is a long process and you really can't judge it until we get closer to the end of it.
As long as the Bengals don't talk themselves into drafting some projects we should see a good draft. A talented player is going to fall to us at 24 and I expect the same to happen in the second round.
I wasn't all that happy with the Fisher selection last year and given that he wasn't able to beat out Winston as the first offensive lineman off the bench (not to mention he failed to take playing time away from a so-so Andre Smith), I'm really hoping the Bengals skip the whole "project" thing in this year's draft.
Also, don't forget the late off season signings that tend to come. There always seems to be players who have fallen out of favor with their old teams, yet have ability and something to prove. The Bengals are better than average at finding these types of guys and developing them.
5 seasons ago we signed Gilberry two weeks into the season and he ended up being a nice role player who helped our DL and we just might resign him. We brought in Adam Jones off the scrape heap and he's become that shutdown corner every team covets. Winston was a good signing a few years ago and was a relief over the underachiever Rolland. We don't need super stars from free agency, but we do need guys who contribute and get do a certain job well. CB Nate Clements was not signed until Aug of 2011 and he eased the blow of JJoe's departure some.
The Bengals have also signed their fair share of dudes in free agency and the team needs to avoid doing desperation type signings.
I'm not sure we're going to find a 1 for 1 replacement for Marvin Jones in free agency, so maybe we can replace Sanu with a lower tier guy and pickup speed in the draft.
Yes, our second most productive receiver is gone, but look at all the teams who have lost players at this point and haven't replaced them yet. The off season is a long process and you really can't judge it until we get closer to the end of it.
As long as the Bengals don't talk themselves into drafting some projects we should see a good draft. A talented player is going to fall to us at 24 and I expect the same to happen in the second round.
I wasn't all that happy with the Fisher selection last year and given that he wasn't able to beat out Winston as the first offensive lineman off the bench (not to mention he failed to take playing time away from a so-so Andre Smith), I'm really hoping the Bengals skip the whole "project" thing in this year's draft.
Also, don't forget the late off season signings that tend to come. There always seems to be players who have fallen out of favor with their old teams, yet have ability and something to prove. The Bengals are better than average at finding these types of guys and developing them.
5 seasons ago we signed Gilberry two weeks into the season and he ended up being a nice role player who helped our DL and we just might resign him. We brought in Adam Jones off the scrape heap and he's become that shutdown corner every team covets. Winston was a good signing a few years ago and was a relief over the underachiever Rolland. We don't need super stars from free agency, but we do need guys who contribute and get do a certain job well. CB Nate Clements was not signed until Aug of 2011 and he eased the blow of JJoe's departure some.
The Bengals have also signed their fair share of dudes in free agency and the team needs to avoid doing desperation type signings.
I'm not sure we're going to find a 1 for 1 replacement for Marvin Jones in free agency, so maybe we can replace Sanu with a lower tier guy and pickup speed in the draft.
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