The NFL season will kick in full force this weekend.
As such, I need to once again, bang on the Bengals management.
After an 8-8 season in which you had the 30th ranked defense, you think you might actually do something to improve the "D".
In the Bengals case, they let go Tory James, Sam Adams, Brian Simmons and Kevin Kaesviharn. No big losses..... right? Except that they didn't replace those guys with anyone.
Gordon, they drafted Leon Hall to replace James. What about all the other guys?
On offense, they let Eric Steinbach go, and with Chris Henry missing the first eight games from suspensions, the Bengals have absolutely no depth on the offensive side of the ball.
The Bengals refuse to work the math on the team. Look at teams that have been consistently successful since the introduction of the salary cap and you'll see teams that routinely turn over 15-20 guys every year. They're always looking for cap friendly free agents and they don't hesitate to let over paid veterans go.
I had a friend who was a big college basketball fan after one miserable 2-25 season, I told him "At least all the guys will be back next year"
To which he responded "why would you want anyone from a 2-25 team back?".
When your a consistently 8-8 Bengals team, you probably only want half the guys back. But when you replace mediocrity with more mediocrity. Guess what? You'll probably be 8-8 again.
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