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

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(10-27-2019, 01:21 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Why can't they help us next year?

I get the desire but I'm not sure I agree with the logic of trading your stars; however, I won't call anyone obtuse or a troll simply because they want a fire sale. 

To this point, say we trade our great receiver, dt, and end.  Now we need another great receiver, dt, and end to help the franchise in the future.

First round draft picks have a success rate of around 50%, and that is just for being successful in the NFL, not great.  So statistically we need to use 6 picks to replace the three players we already had, instead of retaining what we have and using those picks to try and upgrade the bottom of the roster.