Duke Tobin on why the Bengals didn't trade veteran players

[Catmandude123]

(01-23-2020, 08:10 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Ok,
This guy can't win with anyone, if he traded a player or two, people would be complaining we gave them away.

To me, this team has some talented players at certain positions, but the holes are really killing them (MLB). If they can get the holes plugged adequately, then we can be competitive easily.

Same with OL, get the holes plugged adequately, and we're back in business.

Obviously AD can be traded, he is not going to be a part of our future, since we will draft JB. But others should stick around. So this team isn't so far away that we need a complete overhaul, we just need to dip into FA's this year and find a few good fillers instead of waiting for them to fall to us in the draft.

Now name me a team in the NFL that trades away it's BEST players (more than one, teams can handle losing one player) and is better the next year?

The Pats have done it for years. Let me list a few. 2006 Deon Branch to Sea Hawks. 2007 Acquired Randy Moss. 2009 traded Vrabel and Cassel to KC. 2009 traded Seymore for a first round pick. 2016 Traded Chandler Jones to Cardinals.  All these players were tops at their positions. BTW their blueprint has won them many superbowls while MB hasn't had a team win a playoff game in the last three decades.