01-24-2020, 05:45 PM
(01-24-2020, 04:49 PM)ochocincos Wrote: My willingness to remain a Bengals fan goes down year by year. This year may very well determine whether I stick or move.
I have definitely fell into the apathetic category. Burrow would definitely help but if anyone could ruin him it would be the
Stains or us with this type of speak. At least Taylor is a fun guy and wants to be a good coach, when you listen to the top
of this org and the talking heads it brings us all back down to a 2-14 reality.
(01-24-2020, 04:56 PM)Yojimbo Wrote: Just once I’d like them to say something like, “We know we are weak in a certain area (oline, LB) and we’ll be identifying the players that fit our scheme/team and we’re going to get them.” Be aggressive vs passive.
No doubt, is that too hard?
(01-24-2020, 05:03 PM)muskiesfan Wrote: A lot of it isn't even how much they spend, it's who and how they spend it that's the real problem.
Here's the rub for 2020. The Bengals are sitting on roughly $50m in cap space. Subtract the draft pool which I'm guessing will come in around $9m and then the $5m they save for injuries. We're down to $36m. Franchise tag AJ for $18m. Leaves the team down to $18m. We probably want to re-sign Dennard and Billings. The team probably wants to re-sign Eifert. Other potential players that could be re-upped; Vigil, Jerry, Redmond, maybe Fej. That's all before trying to work an extension with Mixon and does not include trading Dalton or any other player. Other potential extensions would be WJIII and Lawson.
There's a lot of assumptions in there, so I could be way off. Our cap number could be higher and moving Dalton/Glenn/DreK?or whoever else could add a lot of additional money. However, if I can make their cap disappear that quickly I can guarantee The Family can make it go even quicker. As much as we need to be active and try to bring in some help and upgrades, the team has probably already mapped out how they can re-sign their own and leave little if any money for outside free agents.
Simple, trade Dalton, don't tag AJ, let Glenn's salary go...
That is like 40 mil or more to spend right there.
(01-24-2020, 05:24 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: This news is expected. It's tough when I have to listen to my positive side say "but what if the FO changes this year?" I swear to god if my positive side says anything to me the rest of the day, I'm gonna punch myself in the mouth and teach me a lesson.
(01-24-2020, 05:34 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: You nailed the problem perfectly. I'm afraid the only offseason improvement plan for the 2020 Bengals is "draft Joe Burrow."
That's not enough, good as Joe Burrow looks to be.
True, I truly believe Burrow could be the next great QB, but it won't matter if they don't put players around him to
help him succeed. He needs a decent OL and some weapons especially if we move on from AJ which I think we should
if he doesn't sign a contract that is extremely incentive laden.
The Draft isn't going to cut it as we have all seen over the years with all these shitty picks that have been made.
