09-01-2015, 09:10 PM
(09-01-2015, 04:22 PM)Au165 Wrote: The flaw in your logic here is, while simply not signing free agents and not cutting guys early would be no reason to celebrate, they do it while being one of the most successful teams on the field over the last 4 years. This would then show that they have drafted so well the need for high priced FA's is not there and that they do not award such large contracts that they must cut guys early in order to fill gaps in their line up to be successful.
There are large numbers of teams that do both things you point out above that don't get close to our success. That was the point is a macro view of the whole situation as they are interconnected.
Or you can look at it on the flip side. If they actually had signed some quality free agents to supplement the good drafts, then perhaps it could have helped them to finally win in the playoffs. Or even get a better seeding and have better matchup or dare I say it a bye week.
We all know that this team has drafted well and has been good in the regular season, but that clearly is not good enough to get us where we want to be which is a team that is making a run for the Superbowl.
Free agency is a tool that all NFL teams have at their disposal to make their team better. Some teams do an awful job at signing inferior players while other teams sign quality free agents. The Bengals in this case are neutral. They don't do either because they rarely sign anyone which is the reason why these rankings are meaningless when you also include the fact that they rarely cut players.
