04-26-2019, 11:26 AM
(04-26-2019, 11:00 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote: I question if they could have used the money elsewhere to upgrade. We went into free agency with some $50+ million in cap space and only upgraded Guard in a minor way.
Instead of signing a below average Guard and poor OT in Hart, why not just sign 1 good Guard in Saffold?
Or why not sign a LB?
I'm on record for wanting us to go OT in the 1st instead of signing Hart.
I think the approach was always this: We need an OT. We can probably draft a better OT than Bobby Hart. But if we resign Bobby Hart and the draft doesn't break the right way, we don't have to reach for an OT. Without resigning Hart, they would have basically had to grab an OT 1st, but this at least allowed them to look at other positions.
If the Bengals weren't able to take a long hard look at LB, maybe the Steelers don't get antsy and jump that high in the draft costing them picks. If everyone knows the Bengals have to take an OT, maybe a different team jumps ahead of us to grab the guy we want (whereas this year, if teams were thinking we were going with LB they had literally no chance to do so).
Maybe Bobby Hart's a guard now? I've seen others around here say that he's better suited there.
All of this is simply conjecture, of course, but it boils down to what I was saying from the get go - let's not be too hasty in condemning every move they make. Hell, there are STILL people around here who will throw out the "how could they pay Hart $21 million" thing when that's been debunked time and time again.
