The worst thing to happen to the Bengals was...

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(10-22-2017, 11:08 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Having 2 great drafts with Green/Dalton/Bodine and Dunlap/Atkins in a row. Finding 2 potential HOFers and 4 Pro Bowl players let the franchise think that no front office changes were needed.

We need more scouts. It's unfair to have the coaches scouting in addition to gameplanning and coaching.

We need a GM.

Those 2 drafts were luck as the past drafts have shown.

The NFL implementing revenue sharing also hurt us the fans as it gives the Bengals no incentive to spend to field a highly competitive team.

We've had some great drafts here and there.  We also had some drafts that didn't pan out not because of talent, but because of off field issues and injuries.  

Reality is, we aren't getting a GM until Mike Brown dies, and we aren't getting an expanded scouting department until we get a GM.  

If there wasn't revenue sharing, the small market teams would have no way to compete. The Bengals had revenue of $355 million last year, and over $240 mil of that was from league revenue sharing.  They would have to move to a larger or bigger spending market to compete.