Payments basic supervisor Brandon Beane identified a stark distinction between Buffalo and Cincinnati following Sunday’s disastrous loss within the divisional spherical and seemingly took a thinly veiled shot on the Bengals within the course of.
Talking at his end-of-year press convention on Tuesday, Beane was requested if he believes there’s something concerning the Bengals’ roster that the Payments ought to attempt to emulate within the offseason “so as to shut that hole.”
Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals warms up earlier than kickoff in opposition to the Buffalo Payments at Highmark Stadium on Jan. 22, 2023, in Orchard Park, New York.
(Cooper Neill/Getty Photographs)
“No, they’ve a very good group – they proper now are on the benefit of a rookie quarterback contract. They usually had some lean years and with out getting an excessive amount of into their construct – I don’t wish to suck unhealthy sufficient to need to get Ja’Marr Chase.”
BILLS’ SEAN MCDERMOTT ADDRESSES STEFON DIGGS’ ABRUPT LOCKER ROOM EXIT AFTER LOSS TO BENGALS
Beane continued: “He’s a heck of a expertise, I’d like to have however you gotta undergo some lean years to do this they usually had been capable of get [Joe] Burrow at No. 1, and I don’t bear in mind the place Chase was drafted, fairly excessive, and people guys are on their rookie offers.”
Ja’Marr Chase of the Cincinnati Bengals runs the ball to attain a landing in opposition to the Buffalo Payments throughout the AFC divisional playoff recreation at Highmark Stadium on Jan. 22, 2023, in Orchard Park, New York.
(Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Photographs)
Beane was not discrediting the Bengals star gamers, however he was mentioning the plain.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
Cincinnati has had two prime 5 first spherical draft picks within the final three seasons: Burrow with the No. 1 total choose in 2020 and Chase with the No. 5 choose in 2021. By comparability, the Payments’ final NFL draft choose within the prime 5 was Sammy Watkins in 2014 with the No. 4 total choose.
Josh Allen was drafted No. 7 total in 2018.
“We’re paying Stefon Diggs a reasonably hefty quantity. We’re paying Josh Allen a reasonably hefty quantity, so there may be the constraints of the cap,” Beane continued.
Buffalo Payments quarterback Josh Allen appears to move in opposition to the Miami Dolphins, Jan. 15, 2023, in Orchard Park, New York.
(AP Picture/Adrian Kraus)
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
“However they’ve a very good group. They’ve obtained some good younger gamers – we’re going to try to get as many good gamers as we will by means of the draft and thru free company however once more, our cap scenario is a bit of completely different.”
Beane stated he plans to transform a number of contracts within the offseason so as to fill the gaps, however cautioned that they need to be good about it.
“We might have to transform a number of contracts. It is not that we’re not going to do this. However I additionally do not wish to, in two years, be 100 million over the cap, like we have seen groups need to do.”