10-25-2020, 12:28 AM
(10-24-2020, 03:49 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: 'The topic of spending in free agency came up during his initial interview with the team before he even got the job.'
“On the topic of free agency, where the Bengals spent more than $130 million on eight players...aggressive approach was something he [Taylor] discussed with Bengals ownership back in January 2019 when he was interviewing for the job.” - Jay Morrison
“The club’s internal landscape on free agency is vastly different than a year ago at this time, when new head coach Zac Taylor was still completing his defensive staff as the combine got underway. This time around his coaches arrived here with lists of free agents they’ve been studying already for a few weeks from the research organized by director of pro scouting Steven Radicevic.”
'Makes sense — Zac Taylor was having problems filling out his staff last year, let alone juggling free-agency ideas while also tackling his first NFL combine. This year? Little has changed along the coaching staff and the team is way ahead in prepping for free agency.'
'Taylor has indeed spurred some change, though it took longer than some might’ve expected to see.
When thinking about the uncharacteristic big spending on the open market, be sure to accredit it to Taylor.'
This is total bullshit.
Every year new head coaches are hired from the staff of Super Bowl teams, and none of those coaches have any problem knowing what players are available in free agency. It is not rocket science. People who post here have full time jobs and they all had time to know which players were available in free agency. And it was not like Zac was hired from some foreign country where he had never seen other NFL players before. He has been in the NFL for years. He should already haver known about players who were becoming free agents in the NFL. If Zac couldn't figure out who was on the market then he is much dumber than I ever imagined.
