11-21-2018, 12:02 PM
(11-21-2018, 11:16 AM)fredtoast Wrote: It is absolutely the issue during free agency when everyone squeals about Mike Brown killing this teams chances with his over conservative approach to free agency.
But it is not an issue at all when people want to criticize Marvin.
So you have to decide which side of your mouth you will talk out of based on who you want to criticize.
I don't think Talent has been the issue in ALL of Marvin's seasons here with the Bengals.
He has had his share of teams that have had enough talent to make some noise with.
In fairness, two of them were derailed by QB injuries.
It would be nice to have a few more higher level Free Agents added more often, however, Free Agency can be a crapshoot.
In 2018, Left Tackle Nate Solder was all the rage & ended up getting Big Money only to be not playing so well. Now the Giants are committed financially to him. RB Jerrick McKinnon signed by the 49ers then hurt & out for the season.
Guard Andrew Norwell would have been nice but he went for a 5 year $66,000,000 contract with $30,000,000 guaranteed.
There are always guys that would have helped in that just below higher tier of guys, a Jimmy Graham at TE, Sammy Watkins & Allen Robinson at WR etc. Likely only financial room to get one maybe two of these type of guys.
The Bengals tend to bring back one of their own Free Agents (Tyler Eifert) for 2018 and sign a few after the early days of Free Agency larger dollar guys get signed. (Preston Brown for 2018).
With what the Bengals spend retaining their own players (Dunlap/Geno), maybe they have room to add a guy just below the high tier of free Agents yet above the lower tier they typically draw from. Then hope he stays healthy.
I'd like the Bengals to make a bigger splash in Free Agency, however, they put more financial resources into signing players (mainly retaining their own) than over half of the League.
Teams like the Rams have made Big splashes in Free Agency but they have their QB on a rookie contract.
Not so sure dabbling a little more in Free Agency is the Magic Bullet her for Marvin.
