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(01-17-2018, 07:05 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Yeah and just cause we failed in the past on most notably Bryant doesn't mean you don't try again forever.

Just two years after the Bryant fiasco they signed Nate Clements for over $5 million a year, and he worked out very well for us.  

Five million a year is not "top tier", but at least that should get a solid starter.

I really have no idea why the Bengals have not even attempted to sign a decent free agent since Clements.  We had a lot of success that year adding three starers on defense through free agency (Manny Lawson, Thomas Howard, and Clements).