10-22-2015, 10:33 AM
(10-22-2015, 10:13 AM)djs7685 Wrote: All good, Flacco's cap hits are huge over the next few years so you obviously meant it the other way around.
The Bengals have paid their guys at fair market value for a while now. The only thing I can add is that it would be nice for them to be slightly more aggressive in free agency from time to time. They don't need to overpay guys like Mike Wallace or Ndamukong Suh, but they can't expect to consistently hit in the draft as they have recently. No team can have that kind of sustained success for tooooo long, so hopefully the FO can adjust their ways over the next couple of years. This next offseason will be very interesting with a ton of money coming off the books and quite a few Bengals UFAs. We could use a little bit of defensive help without relying on the draft. MJ is great, but he's not really an "outside guy". A.J. Hawk isn't very good. I'd be happy to see the team bring in some solid help at S and LB next offseason.
I love the way they have approached FA over the last several years: build through the draft and compliment via FA. If the past is any indication, they will probably try to resign their guys in FA before spending cash on outside FAs.
