How do the Bengals keep all their key players? - New England Patriots Forums

mikey · 08-28-2006, 07:36 PM

Same WRs, RBs, OLs the last few years.

Their QB just got one of the biggest contracts last season.

And they are one of the smallest market team, with one of the smallest payrolls.

How do the Bengals do it???

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patsfaninpa · 08-28-2006, 07:38 PM

They are very young. As their players reach free-agency they will experience the same cap problems as every good team.

Kdo5 · 08-28-2006, 07:39 PM

They problably silently filled their remainder of the roster with junk players with ridiculously low salaries.

Slagathor · 08-28-2006, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by mikey

Same WRs, RBs, OLs the last few years.

Their QB just got one of the biggest contracts last season.

And they are one of the smallest market team, with one of the smallest payrolls.

How do the Bengals do it???

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Small market but that 70,000 seat stadium is sold out all the time. Plus in the NFL, market size isn't as critical because the NFL carries exclusively national TV contracts where every team gets the same size piece of the pie regardless of size.

dhamz · 08-28-2006, 07:47 PM

They had the 28th best defense last year. Think that might be related to keeping their offense together?

***pats1*** · 08-28-2006, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by mikey

Same WRs, RBs, OLs the last few years.

Their QB just got one of the biggest contracts last season.

And they are one of the smallest market team, with one of the smallest payrolls.

How do the Bengals do it???

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What's this now, Mikey?

First you want the Pats to surround Brady like the Colts do with Manning.

Now you want to keep players just for the sake of keeping them like the Bengals do, and let other units suffer.

I'm guessing you also want to trade Branch for Ahmad Brooks, Odell Thurman, and Frostee Rucker?

C'mon Mikey. It's like you were under a rock from 2001-2004 and only emerged to see the Pats lose in Denver.

The Bengals and Colts have used flawed, failing philosophies.

RayClay · 08-28-2006, 08:21 PM

Most of them are under house arrest and have to wear little bracelets on their ankles.

***PatsWickedPissah*** · 08-28-2006, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikey

Same WRs, RBs, OLs the last few years.

Their QB just got one of the biggest contracts last season.

And they are one of the smallest market team, with one of the smallest payrolls.

How do the Bengals do it???

.

BJs from the cheerleaders?

I'm Ron Borges? · 08-28-2006, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by pats1

What's this now, Mikey?

First you want the Pats to surround Brady like the Colts do with Manning.

Now you want to keep players just for the sake of keeping them like the Bengals do, and let other units suffer.

I'm guessing you also want to trade Branch for Ahmad Brooks, Odell Thurman, and Frostee Rucker?

C'mon Mikey. It's like you were under a rock from 2001-2004 and only emerged to see the Pats lose in Denver.

The Bengals and Colts have used flawed, failing philosophies.

You can't say that about the Bengals. They have been building their defense, made it back to the playoffs last year for the first time in years and their quarterback got hurt on the first play. They are a young team, you can't say their system is flawed yet. Oh wait, they aren't the Patriots, I forgot. They are flawed.

***pats1*** · 08-28-2006, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by I'm Ron Borges?

You can't say that about the Bengals. They have been building their defense, made it back to the playoffs last year for the first time in years and their quarterback got hurt on the first play. They are a young team, you can't say their system is flawed yet. Oh wait, they aren't the Patriots, I forgot. They are flawed.

I think any system that has a team openly embracing misfits and low-character guys is flawed.