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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
No, we’re really not. The most vocal about WR are fine with drafting rice and giving him a shot. We’re fine spending $ but also fine as long as we aggressively look for WR1 through aggressive avenues. Rashee changes the entire trajectory of the WR room. I don’t know his entire upside but at least he fits the mold of the every down primary guy some of his have been clamoring for. It didn’t cost a bazillion dollars to get him but he’s already proving that there are so many things we can now open in our playbook because we have him. And I believe that will continue to ring true.
But not everyone cared if we took a WR. They would have been fine skipping WR to make sure we got a pass rusher and OT squared away. Betting the farm on skyy to step in and be the target monster juju was. Most of the people didn’t care if we went young as long - they would have settled for cheap and a second rate priority to virtually every other position on the field. And no I don’t subscribe to that approach at all. We needed a WR like rice. We likely still need to shoot for guys better than rice in the upcoming drafts. If that means using the draft not just once, but frequently, great.
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Nobody was okay with not having good WR's. Nobody.
Some people understand the salary cap implications and some do not, and that's the divide.
Some people think we need to go buy a WR corps to rival Joe Burrow's without realizing that the Bengals aren't paying those guys yet, and they got those guys picking at or near the top of the draft.
Veach has invested a LOT in the WR room in the last year and a half. And I'm sure he'll continue to do so, but it's not going to be in high priced free agents-nor should it. That's going to cost you other in other positions.
This was absolutely the best time to draft and develop the WR room, while you still have Kelce doing Kelce things-and now it looks like you've built a great defense.
Some of these guys are going to pan out. Some may not. But we're going to be better moving forward for the process.