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Originally Posted by Chris Meck
I really think there's a lot of irrational 'want' going on here.
We remember 'WASP', and we see Burrow throwing to Chase/Higgins/Boyd and we think-
MAN, I WANT THAT!
But reality is, 'WASP' is a pipedream with Brown and Wylie at OT, and The Bengals have all of those guys on rookie contracts still.
We're just in a different place now. You like Mahomes? Me too. But we're paying him now, and we have dogshit at RT, a mediocre LT that wants record setting money, and one good rookie DE and nothing else there. Things aren't changing other than continued growth this season.
and in '23, we have zero starting OT's, one starting level DE, no starting WR's under contract-33 guys under contract total, and somewhere around $45-50m to deal with it all.
We're not going to blow it all on a free agent WR-and there aren't any great ones in their prime available anyway.
We're going to have to grow our own, unless it's Toney-which if he can get his hammy issues under control I'd feel real good about, honestly.
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I don’t think anybody is saying that we will be anything like the fast break offense we used to be. Anyone wanting new WRs knows we are heading in the right direction. But we have some clear limitations. We’re paying $10m to Mvs who is a liability. And we may pay juju $15-20m to not be a WR1 - much as I like the guy. Again I don’t think you need to give $30m to a top 5 wr. Frankly if we’re nervous about spending then cut Mvs and think twice about re-upping juju. Get yourself a Wr1 with size AND speed, and solve our problem of having a guy who can actually match up with CB1s. That’s basically cost neutral. Then use draft picks to fill in the rest.
The WR market will be way better than you think. If not this year then next year. We’re going go see an insane amount of huge contracts come due in the next year or two and it’s unsustainable for these teams to be able to keep all their WRs.