03-11-2017, 01:54 PM
(03-11-2017, 01:45 PM)McC Wrote: Of course they do. Where have you been?
The comp picks are one part of the puzzle, not the entire method.
The Bengals were on of the first teams to realize the value of comp picks and incorporate them into their strategy....in fact other teams figured it out too after the Bengals success and began working it into their strategies also. There is another thread on here about what geniuses the browns are for paying $16M for a second round pick....but the Bengals being smart about comp picks is bad?
Look, you take some of the older FAs....for example Reggie Nelson, Peko, etc...and realize that their time is short, their skills are declining, and so forth....and you let them walk maybe a season earlier than you had planned because you will get a comp pick is not a bad, stupid or unreasonable thing to do. In soccer, teams will often sell players that have a year left on their contracts because the team knows when the contract is up the player can leave for free, so they get some value while they can. I see comp picks as a similar move.
