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Originally Posted by Chris Meck
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.
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But you’re not hearing the main part of this…. Most of this crowd would’ve been fine skipping a WR like rashee rice and rolling into the season betting the farm on skyy being “the guy.” It isn’t just about $. People thought it should be low priority in the draft too. If we used our early picks on OT and DE and DT or another DB, we’d still have the same hype train and the narrative that we can always win on quality depth, instead of acknowledging that rice likely has a lot of the missing ingredients we’d be sorely missing