Rapoport: The Bengals have told anyone who listen they don't plan on doing any deals

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(10-27-2019, 10:26 AM)Fullrock Wrote: Dunlap has been a good player. Not great. He has had one season of double digit sacks.

Hard to call AJ great anymore when he can't get on the field. Geno has been a great player, not sure that description fits him now.

All 3 of those players are North of 30 years old and on the decline but certainly still hold quite a bit of trade value RIGHT NOW. The problem with this organization is they won't admit they are in a rebuild phase and deal players who won't be contributors on this team 3-4 years down the road to stockpile draft picks. There are only two ways you rebuild. You either have to be active in bringing in top tier free agents coupled with a few good drafts, or you need to trade players who have value and won't be part of the rebuild and build mostly through the draft. Since we KNOW the Bengals won't pay for top tier free agents, the ONLY way to rebuild is through the draft. The quickest way to do that is stockpile draft picks. This organization must be kidding themselves if they think they are going to field mostly the same team next year and be competitive with just a standard draft. 

They're afraid if they admit they're rebuilding and start trading players ticket sales will drop even more. What they're not taking into account is if they would actually commit to trying to produce a winner they would recover much quicker and sales would soar down the road in a couple seasons.