Roster updates 11/5

[*bengalfan74*]

(11-06-2018, 04:56 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Atkins led the NFL in sacks during his rookie preseason, then looked great in limited snaps as a rookie.

I'm just saying that it's not like he came out of nowhere. 

In a vacuum, I'd agree with what you're saying, but there are some scenarios where I'd consider giving up a 4th (or especially a 5th-6th) to make a go of things.

Such as when our great core of players are all 30+ years old, and we have a glaring weakness that can be addressed in a big way. 

I'm not so sure at this point Shake one or even two guys brought in is going to make a big enough difference. Had they made some moves two weeks ago it probably would have made some sense but you know MB's sitting on his hands GM style.

Having said that this upcoming off season is going to easily be the most important one our current core has ever had. The Bengals are going to have to hit a 5 run home run in order for them to have a chance.

They're going to have to get a couple real top shelf FA's, period. They're going to have to hit on all the top draft picks, period.

Or time is going to have slipped away, there's not going to be any more next years with this core.