PFF Ranks Cincy's Defense top 10.

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(10-17-2020, 12:55 AM)J24 Wrote: If it was a video game I would agree with you but we're living in the real world with real human emotion. If you want to piss off a player (and the team around him) don't pay the guy that has worked his ass off and made himself one of the best players in the league.

Except none of those players are going to be pissed off when they are winning. Also let's be honest. F anyone on the defense's feelings if it means you can protect Joe Burrow better. Safeties don't win SBs. QBs win SBs, and QBs need OLs.

The Bengals have been real nice in the history to "their guys" when it comes to extensions and honoring contracts. How has that turned out in wins and playoff runs? Other teams get more out of the same cap space by manipulating it, restructuring deals, getting players to take pay cuts... All so they can fit more talent on the team in order to try to boost that Lombardi.

At the end of the day the great players still want out because everyone who sticks around will be a multi-millionare. It is just a question of if you are going to be a rich winner or a rich loser.

Just this off-season Sammy Watkins took a pay cut to stay with the Chiefs. Why? Because he wanted to be on a winner.