02-08-2018, 03:36 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.
I also think this factors into why Mike sticks with Marvin and why Mike goes easy on himself as a GM when fans criticize.
I think they have a Template in place guided by spending on Contracts/position groups and are fully aware that they have to build up towards Peak Roster seasons.
8 and 0 tells them they can have their cake and eat it too someday. Do it their way with their Template.
Little margin for error and their Time horizon for building things up may differ from fans' expectations.
