02-08-2018, 03:08 PM
(02-08-2018, 02:53 PM)ochocincos Wrote: You would have thought the logical thing to do going into 2016 was realize how close the Bengals were the year before and go "all-in" to take it even higher.
Instead we saw the Bengals lose a lot of talent (Jones, Sanu, Nelson, Gilberry, Smith, Hue) and pick up mediocre replacements.
And a lot of that money was being "reserved" for extensions and ended up only re-signing the worst of the "Big 3" in Kirkpatrick.
So unless the Bengals really do change their approach to FA and/or the draft, I don't see the Bengals getting back to 2015 form within the next 1-2 years.
Exactly.
It is too long between Peak teams and then the Peak will likely just be a one season shot at making something Great happen in the Post season before a partial dismantling.
We did have 4 decent teams building up to 2015 but the 2015 team was the special one.
Now another long wait as we try to build things back up to another peak 2015 caliber team.
