The Bengals will always be losers

Subsequent to my post on why the Bengals will always stink, the team lost Eric Steinback and it looks like they will be losing Kevin Kasevaharn through free agency and they cut Brian Simmons.

But at least they replaced them through free agency, right. oops, I guess they haven't.

This team was 8-8 last year, to improve you must gain more quality than you lose.

Well at least they be able to use the draft to replace what's lost right?

Here' a look at the draft picks since Marvin took over the team. The guys in bold have made some contributions to the team but you'll notice that three of those will be lost to injury, drugs or free agency.

• 2006
• Johnathan Joseph CB South Carolina
• Andrew Whitworth OT Louisiana State
• Frostee Rucker DE Southern California
• Domata Peko DT Michigan State
• A.J. Nicholson LB Florida State
• Reggie McNeal WR Texas A&M
• Ethan Kilmer S Penn State
• Bennie Brazell WR Louisiana State231
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• 2005
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• David Pollack LB Georgia
• Odell Thurman LB Georgia
• Chris Henry WR West Virginia
• Eric Ghiaciuc Central Michigan
• Adam Kieft OTCentral Michigan
• Tab Perry WR UCLA
• Jonathan Fanene DE Utah
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• 2004
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• Chris Perry RB Michigan
• Keiwan Ratliff CB Florida
• Madieu Williams FS Maryland
• Caleb Miller LB Arkansas
• Landon Johnson LB Purdue
• Matthias Askew DT Michigan State
• Robert Geathers DE Georgia
• Stacy Andrews OT Mississippi
• Maurice Mann WR Nevada
• Greg Brooks CB Southern Mississippi
• Casey Bramlet QB Wyoming
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• 2003
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• Carson Palmer QB Southern California
• Eric Steinback OG Iowa
• Kelley Washington WR Tennessee
• Dennis Weathersby CB Oregon State
• Jeremi Johnson FB Western Kentucky
• Khalid Abdullah LB Mars Hill
• Langston Moore DT South Carolina
• Scott Kooistra OT North Carolina State
• Elton Patterson DE Central Florida

So with the current draft history the Bengals can look forward to getting about four draft picks make a contribution to the team. That barely covers the three they lost.

But Gordon, they're almost at the cap limit. Yeah but they could have used some of their cap money from last year to lock up Justin Smith but instead franchised him which is putting a squeeze on this year's team.

If you are going to make draft picks the way you build your team you have to have more than a former high school coach run your drafts but the Bengals want it both ways which is why they will always be losers.