Bengals could benefit by spending more in free agency

[SunsetBengal]

The funniest part about all of that, is the fact that with 3 more wins over that span, this team looks like they dominated and the staff looks like geniuses.  In some instances, it could have been as simple as a guy that was already a Bengal to have accepted the Bengals offer, rather than to have elected to accept similar money to play somewhere else. (See Reggie Nelson and Marvin Jones last year)

The primary problem that a lot of folks don't seem to get is that this team actually pays players what they say they will, rather than putting up these attention grabbing contract numbers that include a ton of voidable money.  I really can't argue much with their philosophy in general, but perhaps just a little more action in free agency could make the difference of being competitive and being a serious contender.