The Regression is Accelerating

[*bengalfan74*]

(12-06-2020, 10:34 PM)ochocincos Wrote: The entire purpose of the draft, free agency, and having a spending cap is to help teams turn around quickly.
They have the ability to get back to a winning record in just a season or two.

Marvin Lewis improved the Bengals by 6 wins in his first season.
Jim Harbaugh turned a 6-win San Franchisco team into 13-3 his very first season.
Sean McVay turned a 4-win Rams team into an 11-win team his very first season.
Kevin Stefanski already has the Browns with 2 more wins than they had last year and there are still 4 games to play.
I could keep going, but there are plenty of instances where a brand new coach came in and completely changed the team around immediately.

You have to be willing to trim the fat, have a good plan for your offense/defense, and properly scout and get new players via FA and the draft that will help get you there. Unfortunately, this organization chose to keep around some veterans but change to a scheme that doesn't fit them very well, and they've had bad luck with bringing in FAs and draft picks aside from a few.

= Mike Brown "Umm we're not in the business of making other teams better. We're hanging onto our vets."

The only thing he's never figured out is his ways don't make his team better either.