2018 schedule is a killer

[BengalChris]

(12-27-2017, 11:47 AM)NKYRob Wrote: What looks tough now could drastically change before the start of next year. I'd reserve any predictions until we see how the draft/free agency period pans out across the league. Not to mention the fact that one injury can change the dynamic of an entire team be it in the coming postseason and/or next year's preseason.

I will agree with you though, that on paper, this looks pretty tough at the moment.

First of all free agency isn't going to help the Bengals at all because it never does because Mike Brown doesn't understand free agency. The simple fact is that the team almost always loses in free agency.

If you go year by year in free agency and look at talent departing versus talent arriving there is almost always more talent leaving. In fact, I do not recall the last year that we had more talent arriving.

Part of the problem is that even if the coaches want a certain player already on the team to be re-signed, the front office and Mike Brown may not agree and the coach will be left with Ogbuehis and Bodines to work with.

So it's down to a new coaching staff and the draft.