Bengals pay Chase and Higgins

[rfaulk34]

Originally Posted by Kman34

“deserves got nothing to do with it” is the correct line before Munny blew little Bills head off.. Kind of like when one or more of these guys get hurt after getting a big contract… Seems like that happens a lot..

I know that...

I WAS TWEAKING THE QUOTE TO FIT MY POST!!!!!!!

[Bowser]

Well, the Kitties are going to be a fun team to watch this year, there's no doubt about that. But man is it going to hurt for them when they get bounced early in the playoffs.

As a long time Chiefs fan, I know what I speak of with this. I've witnessed it firsthand many, many times.

[rfaulk34]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Well, the Kitties are going to be a fun team to watch this year, there's no doubt about that. But man is it going to hurt for them when they get bounced early in the playoffs.

As a long time Chiefs fan, I know what I speak of with this. I've witnessed it firsthand many, many times.

If the Oline stays healthy (in whatever iteration it becomes) i have no worries about the offense. An, at least, mid level defense is vitally important to moving on in the playoffs though.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Well, the Kitties are going to be a fun team to watch this year, there's no doubt about that. But man is it going to hurt for them when they get bounced early in the playoffs.

As a long time Chiefs fan, I know what I speak of with this. I've witnessed it firsthand many, many times.

I remember in the Vermeil era when we went 9-0. People were so excited, they thought this was the year, including me. I was one of the fans chanting 9-0 after that game. And we knew we had no defense but we still believed. Guess thats what it is to be a fan.

[myselff77]

Burrow is going to be the modern day Dan Marino. Looking forward to his cameo appearance in the remake of Ace Ventura when he's done playing.

[chiefzilla1501]

Chase is fine. They should have done it much earlier. Tee… I just don’t get. Good get for most teams but not a team with this much money tied up to qb and wr.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Chase is fine. They should have done it much earlier. Tee… I just don’t get. Good get for most teams but not a team with this much money tied up to qb and wr.

Tee is THE perfect #2 to Chase's #1, so there's no mystery as to "why" there. Guarantee Burrow at some point demanded they find a way to keep them both.

It's just too big of a resource drain. You have to have a semblance of a little balance these days. If, IF they can retain Hendrickson, they could have a shot. But if not, nah, they're done before they get started. They'll be a 35ppg offense and have a 10-7 record that gets them bounced in the wild card round 45-41.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Tee is THE perfect #2 to Chase's #1, so there's no mystery as to "why" there. Guarantee Burrow at some point demanded they find a way to keep them both.

It's just too big of a resource drain. You have to have a semblance of a little balance these days. If, IF they can retain Hendrickson, they could have a shot. But if not, nah, they're done before they get started. They'll be a 35ppg offense and have a 10-7 record that gets them bounced in the wild card round 45-41.

Trade Hendrickson and draft well. Make that shitty defense into a top 20 to 15 and they’ve got a shot.

Keeping Hendrickson only makes it harder.

[Chris Meck]

Originally Posted by notorious

Trade Hendrickson and draft well. Make that shitty defense into a top 20 to 15 and they’ve got a shot.

Keeping Hendrickson only makes it harder.

It's going to take a top 15 or so pick to replace his production. This team has big holes everywhere. I don't see how creating yet another helps.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

It's going to take a top 15 or so pick to replace his production. This team has big holes everywhere. I don't see how creating yet another helps.

Frees up cap space to go younger, cheaper.

Think of taking that 10 and turning it into 2 5’s that will replace trash.

Make the entire defense average instead of having just one strong position.


Few teams have the front office smart enough to pull it off.

[BlackOp]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

It's going to take a top 15 or so pick to replace his production. This team has big holes everywhere. I don't see how creating yet another helps.

It's going to take more than a top 15 pick to replace consecutive 17 sack seasons...it's going to take a shit ton of luck.

Should have traded Higgins for a high 2nd (Patriots?) and used #19 on a WR...extended Hendrickson then back filled the defense.

Higgins annual 900 yards is a lot easier to replace...

[rfaulk34]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

It's going to take a top 15 or so pick to replace his production. This team has big holes everywhere. I don't see how creating yet another helps.

Huge hole at guard.
Big hole at pass rush, either LDE or DT.
Medium hole at safety.

Logan Wilson will be back this year. Jermaine Pratt is a good 2 down LB but not the 3 down LB he thought he was. They signed Oren Burks from the Eagles so they're ok at LB for this season.

There is still a chance they get one guard in FA and they're sure to draft another one early. Dax Hill and DJ Turner back in the secondary. That leaves them "ok" at CB.

I'd prefer they go safety and guard 1/2 in the draft but it wouldn't surprise me at all if they look ED to boost the pass rush. I can't see them going IDL since they drafted 2 last year and just signed Slaton from GB as a 0/1/2i tech to go with the young guys.

They could sign a guy like Scherff for 2 years and take either Booker in rd 1 or Ratledge in rd 2 and they're fine at guard for a bit, which would still allow them to get a safety in rd 2, though they'd probably have to trade up (which i don't really see).

In any event, they're not so far away that they can't fix last year...with who they get this year. There's no 2 or 3 year rebuilding plan.

[rfaulk34]

Originally Posted by notorious

Trade Hendrickson and draft well. Make that shitty defense into a top 20 to 15 and they’ve got a shot.

Keeping Hendrickson only makes it harder.

Trey is already on the books for 18M this year. He's looking for a long term extension. Apparently, they're close but i have no idea about the numbers.

Since Tee is off the tag, they could use it on Trey next year if they wanted to for around 22M (that's this years number for DE). I don't really see him anywhere other than in stripes next year. He's done nothing but speak glowingly about the Bengals and how they've treated him and his family.

[PHOG]

That's a lot of moola for an oft injured WR2.

[Red Dawg]

We will see. The best offense we ever saw was the 07 pats and they didn't win the SB even with a top 5 defense. You haven't exactly lit up Arrowhead with these two so whoo knows.