'Good Enough' May Not Be Good Enough These Daysĭalton, frankly, might be the poster child for "just good enough" at the quarterback position in today's NFL. The Bengals seem committed to heading down that road. "Propped up" is actually a great analogy for what's going on, as not only does the team receive artificial (and superficial) stability, but it's also a lot like a Hollywood prop in that it looks nice, but is likely hollow and lacking any real value. It's early in the process, but the Oakland Raiders and Jacksonville Jaguars are two examples of teams that have recently undergone regime changes where the new guard seemed to purposefully deep-six a few years to clear out dead cap space and acquire high draft picks.Ī middling team, though, doesn't stand much of a shot-especially if the quarterback position is just as mediocre. Maybe we haven't quite reached NBA levels of tanking, but there's at least some wisdom to allowing one's team to atrophy rather than consistently trying to prop it up. In fact, with the new collective bargaining agreement controlling rookie salaries at the top of the draft, it's never been a better time to be terrible. This runs counterintuitive to what many people might think, as being truly bad actually has its benefits in the NFL-namely, high draft picks. With this deal, the Bengals have condemned themselves to the worst possible situation-mediocrity. Now, NFL contracts are not fully guaranteed, and those lofty numbers usually mean little to nothing, but this ostensibly puts Dalton in the driver's seat for the Bengals for the foreseeable future. News leaked Monday that the Cincinnati Bengals signed quarterback Andy Dalton to a $115 million contract over the next six years, per ESPN's Adam Schefter and Adam Caplan. There is no worse place to be as an NFL franchise than quarterback purgatory. Bengals Foolhardy to Push All-In on Mediocre Andy Daltonīy Michael Schottey, NFL National Lead Writer Aug 4, 2014
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