09-24-2019, 04:14 PM
(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.
The highest yearly average they have given to outside free agents was Bryant (7m), Coles (7m) and Odom (5.9m)...and none of those worked out well. I think those made Mike even more hesitant to pull the trigger on those types of deals than he already was.
Makes it's tough to truly compete with the big dogs if you're not willing to go all in or roll the dice big on occasion.
