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Originally Posted by wazu
So at this point the Bengals have their franchise QB who has gotten paid and is healthy. They have a coaching staff who I think is in good standing. They've got some talent across the roster, the cupboard isn't bare. But it doesn't look nearly good enough to contend anymore. What's next? Just sign some free agents and draft well I guess, and hope next year goes better?
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They're where the Cowboys were 4-5 years ago. The core of the team isn't going to get
better - just more expensive.
I've said for years "Man, what's Dallas's plan here?" because Jerry just kept bringing the same guys back and paying them more until he couldn't anymore and the team finally collapsed.
So in this regard, Mike Brown being cheap could've been useful in that they could've traded Higgins and tried to reload a bit around a Burrow/Chase core. But he decided instead to push his chips in for one last run.
And make no mistake, this is it. They're not going to have a more talented roster next year than they have this year. All they can really hope for us Mims figuring things out and All/Burton becoming genuine threats. Then they can take the Higgins 'found' money and use it on the OL. But the defense is still declining so it's hard to see them truly improving. It just doesn't seem like Myles Murphy and Kris Jenkins are suddenly going to figure things out.