Two different people in the last 24 hours have told me "Clint Boling is done" - JG

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(06-27-2019, 05:13 PM)ochocincos Wrote: The team could have done better in FA by going for different players within the same cost range (somewhat).
For example:
Daryl Williams instead of Bobby Hart
Jordan Hicks instead of Preston Brown

It's the whole familiarity vs risk thing. Hart and/or Brown could be better this year than Williams and Hicks respectively but bringing back the same guys doesn't invoke optimism or hope leading into the season.

Not trying to be snarky, but we kind of have enough injury issues without throwing a ton of money in FA at a couple of injury prone guys like Hicks and Williams.

Williams is actually pretty unrealistic.  He resigned with Carolina on a one year deal.  Basically, he's hoping to return to form this year so he can cash in next year.  Why would he then choose to sign with the Bengals with a new coaching staff and learn a new scheme that he may or may not excel in while he's coming back from serious injury when he can stay in Carolina under the same staff and in the same scheme that made him a star?  You can say offer him $1-2 million more than the Panthers, but that could easily cost him 10's of millions under his next contract.  It doesn't make sense on his end.  

People need to get away from this idea that we could've just signed any desired FA by offering them the same or slightly more than the team they signed with.