9 hours ago
(Yesterday, 03:48 PM)jj22 Wrote: BJ could have been replaced via the draft and that money could have went elsewhere (Guard, LB) freeing up the draft to draft a position that was deep instead of doubling up on positions that were weak.
Tobin preached that we held on to the SB defense too long and holding on to BJ was doubling down on that mistake. They should have managed FA to leave the draft to draft the positions it was deep in. Especially with only 6 picks.
They never get this right. Last year they doubled up on TE in a weak draft class for TE's after ignoring TE in the strongest draft class for them a year before. They ignored RB in a deep RB class last year..... while doubling up on DT's in a weak DT class last year..... Doubled up on LB's this draft in a weak LB class.... They really struggle to get this right and their draft for need philosophy everyone knows is a flawed draft approach (and why they've failed to draft for so many years).
To come out of FA and the draft with still so many holes leading up to the season can only be considered a failure.
Yeah Bj was a shock to me although I don't think the DT class was as strong as it first appeared. I agree this offseason has been a failure. 1 outside FA starter we signed our own guys but actively front loaded the contracts to limit ourselves and then our draft wasn't very good. I get people being optimistic but if you can look at this offseason and think the Bengals did enough then you are lying to yourself.
