03-13-2025, 09:29 AM
(03-13-2025, 09:19 AM)Mickeypoo Wrote: This is my perspective.
Our owner is a frugal, stubborn, old man who was never wealthy on his own. He taught Katie everything he knows. There is no indication they have any real smarts when it comes to building a championship team. We have seen very recently zero creativity around structuring contracts and freeing up cap space. They couldn't care less about their reputation or the fans. They do not appear to have any care or take any pride in having a winning football team. If they do, it doesn't show.
They have a very tight inner circle that has run the Bengals for decades upon decades. That = an echo chamber. Who has been brought into the FO that can give fresh perspective, come up with creative ideas, help move out of old, stubborn ways and move into the modern NFL way of running an NFL franchise?
I honestly don't think there is anything complicated about the Bengals FO. They simply care far more about the business/money side than they do about the winning football games side. I actually understand this and it makes sense as this is their livelihood and their personal income/paycheck vs other owners who are independently wealthy and bought an NFL team for fun/status.
They are also more than likely incompetent to run a modern NFL franchise when compared to their counterparts that run other NFL teams.
Yeah, The Family lucked into Burrow and Chase. Before that it was 30 years without a single playoff win. Just by blind chance, a team should be able to win a playoff game in three decades in a league that emphasizes parity. We just got to hope that with the foundation of Burrow the Bengals have a string of luck on draft picks and the way the ball bounces, because I think the grade is in with reference to FO/ownership competency and willingness to make the financial sacrifices necessary to bring a Lombardi.
