Mike says Dalton should "re-establish himself" but FO needs to establish themselves

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(05-12-2019, 05:47 PM)OSUfan Wrote: Hysterical....there is a salary cap correct? So what you actually mean to say is that they do not sign ignorant mega deals that will financially hamper a team for many years to come. Perfect example is the dynasty that was the Ravens and stupid Flacco deal.

You may have had an argument in past seasons but since 2015 the Bengals have had less than the league average in cap space so even that is trend that has been changing. Signing stupidly large deals is not a way to win consistently.

The Ravens have also won 2 Super Bowls and won 15 playoff games since 2000. Oh...but, they'll eventually run into cap trouble is what people always say about the Ravens and Steelers.

Well, we kept a clean salary cap and have won 0 playoff games and 0 Super Bowls. AND, 3 years ago, our team was tore apart by free agency. (Sanu, Jones, Whitworth, Zeitler, Andre Smith, Nelson, Hall, etc.) So it's not like we didn't experience cap issues too.

This whole free agency is bad thing is ridiculous. There are guys every year who can be signed to reasonable contracts. Instead, the anti-free agency crowd looks at the ones who sign the largest deals. I don't think anyone here advocates that.

But, signing mediocre to bad guys like Miller, Hart, and Webb ARE NOT how you win. Webb and Miller had arguably 1 average season in the NFL...and we overpay them.

We act like free agency is bad here, and want to copy McVay with the Rams but when he became coach, they added: Whitworth, Kayvon Webster, Robert Woods, John Sullivan, and Connor Barwin. Add 5 quality free agents to our roster and we'd probably be a playoff contender.