If I'm Bengals, Maybe No Free Agents NOW.

[*bengalfan74*]

(03-17-2020, 09:30 AM)Nately120 Wrote: Instead of looking at what teams are doing to win now, we need to look at what teams did to win 60 years ago.

Sounds good  :andy:

(03-17-2020, 09:50 AM)ochocincos Wrote: Build through the draft worked for Paul Brown for a couple reasons:
1) He actually knew what he was doing and could identify and coach up talent
2) Free Agency wasn't a thing while he was alive. There was no worry of drafting a good player and seeing them leave for another team. If that happened, it's because your franchise chose to part ways with that player.\

Today's NFL teams cannot function like the old days. You have to pay some top players if you want to compete for a championship.

Right PB built thru the draft because, well um, that's the only way there was.