At what point are you OK with a total rebuild

[*psychdoctor*]

(07-18-2019, 07:47 PM)I_C_DeadPeople Wrote: This team under its current management model, neither builds or rebuilds. It just exists. If they run a few good drafts in a row they are average to good. If they have a few weak drafts in a row they are below average. Getting a new QB means little if the team overall is not actually committed to winning. Mike Brown saying he wants to win is like a guy who says he cares about his sister even though he has not talked to her in 30 years. It is just talk. We do not have the management structure to build a consistent winning team.

This team is RC Cola while the good teams are Coke and Pepsi.

It would seem to most fans your opinion is correct.  Building a winning franchise in the NFL is not easy but some teams have better scouting, facilities, management to produce champions.  Bengals are not there yet and I know some others with myself have suffered since the 1990's.  

But things changed over the past season.  New Management paradigm, Direction, Coaching staff.  I would feel better about the upcoming season if the first rounder did not get injured before the season started.  Real downer for me.  Also, I wish Taylor had his first choice of DC and OC.  I do not know if Turner was his first choice, but it was a comfortable choice as he likes people he worked with in the past.  

Remember, Marvin Lewis came in and changed the culture of a laughing stock of a franchise and made the team respectable and post-season bound.  Lewis was not given the power to hire his own assistants or OC or DC, at least not initially.  Lewis had to tolerate the likes of Paul Alexander and Bratkowski. 

Things have changed this year in Bengal land but more changes will come and hopefully make the Franchise not only competitive but feared opponent.