The 14-win club

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Originally Posted by tredadda

The Bengals will have to hit on more picks then that to maintain that level of success. The NFL is designed to prevent dominant teams from staying dominant through a combination of salary cap (forcing teams to triage who they keep and lose), and having them draft late in every round. This is when the GM proves their true worth. You have the QB, but he’s going to be very expensive very soon. The great thing about Mahomes’ contract is that it’s large, but team friendly. He knew when he signed it that the yearly amount would get surpassed relatively quickly. Does Burrow take a team friendly deal like that? If not you are looking at $50+ million for him. KC traded Tyreek vs giving him a market setting WR contract. Chase will reset the market when he’s due. Does Cincinnati give him $30+ million a year?

Also winning teams tend to atrophy good coaches as other teams poach them. The good ones can lose them and still keep winning. Will be interesting once Zac starts losing staff and has to replace them.

These are things the Bengals will have to deal with very soon. I only mentioned two players, there are other positions that will have to be addressed to include the OLine unless Burrow getting abused year in and year out is acceptable. NE with Brady was an anomaly and it’s why dynasties are so hard to build. The Bengals rose quickly, now the hard part is about to begin.

Holmes, i've been watching football for a long time. I know how it works.