The Bengals have't won a playoff game since modern free agency was instituted

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(09-24-2019, 01:22 PM)ochocincos Wrote: See my previous statement. Outside of Glenn, the Bengals haven't given a $10+ mill a year contract to an outside player in a LONG time (ever?)
The Bengals FO philosophy is fill the roster with a bunch of $3-8 mill a year contracts rather than a few expensive stars.

And you're right regarding Dennard. His $4.5 mill and Eifert's $3 mill could have instead been combined with remaining cap space to put toward one of the higher end guys you mentioned or CJ Mosley or JuWuan James.

With the new regime, we seem to have a more open competition for roster spots compared to years previous, which is good. However, it's the same FO with the same approach to acquiring talent. Until that changes, we'll see the same B-to-C level veterans coming to Cincinnati with the team (over)relying on having continuously good drafts.

Nice post. And open competition is great...when it's 2 talented guys competing. Some of our position battles is between 2 poor players.