The Beginning of the End

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(07-17-2017, 03:21 PM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: I do believe Coslet told Mike Brown, "If we draft a couple of Linemen, we can win with Blake" and Mike Brown said, "We are taking a QB". Not exact quotes but you get the meaning.

The problem has always been and will always be Mike Brown. He is the one constant through all of the Bengals troubles.

I have said this countless times and maybe folks either choose to ignore it or don't believe it, but Mike doesn't run the team any more.  He is more of a figure head.  

Katie, Troy, and Marvin run the show...and they have an excellent scouting department.

We can hammer Mike Brown all we want, but there would have been many other teams drafting Akili Smith, or David Klingler, or Ki-Jana Carter....and as far as Blake goes, there was some ugly circumstances involving paternity suits (a lot of them) showing up at the Bengals stadium.  A little success went to Blake's, uh, head, rather quickly.  That is a large reason why they were not apt to try and build around him.