What would our record be right now if we signed a good WR during offseason

[TheRealDeal]

So we'd be better but our record would be the same?

Exactly where does one pick up one's trophy for a moral victory?

I didn't say we'd have the same wins either. I just said we'd be better. You can assume we'd have more or the same wins if you want.

We ignored a beast, an all time great, a man who is single handedly(sp?) making his team competitive for non football reasons, whether they are right or wrong isn't the issue.

Edit:

He was also cheap as f*ck.

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

0-9

Our Rookies are f**king good. The QB play, the O-Line, and the coaching is the problem. It has nothing to do with the WR.

[bigcatdaddy]

Well I will go with the majority and say 1-8! I don't think we can blame any of this on receivers.

[rayzor]

at best we'd be looking at a top 5-10 draft pick instead of #1 overall.

only guy who would have seriously helped is boldin. TO is benefiting from 85 getting the double coverage. i suppose he would have benefited some from smith, but it would only be a nominal amount.

what's their record right now? 2-7? having TO and 85 together plus a better QB than we have hasn't helped much.

[Mjphillips86]

Signing a top 5 WR like TO would have helped, I don't know how much. You guys see how much he is beasting? He is literally keeping the Bengals in games all by himself.

And yet the Bengals keep losing games...

[Dpantherman]

Wonder why the Bengals are 2-7 despite signing the vet free agent WR they needed. maybe because they have alot more issues than receiver (sound familiar), but of course thats not possible.

Just look at the Baltimore, they signed vet receivers, their doing good, they are also solid at all positions except secondary, which is what should have been their top priority.

[Jangler]

Has somebody said 1-8?

[BlanksKarma]

There were quite a few great/noticeable WRs on free agency during the offseason such as Boldin, Marshall & even TO. What do you think our record would be right now if JR had not been so cheap & we had signed one of them? I say 4-5; would have upgraded our offense, cause less coverage on Smith & more passing.

8-1, 7-2 at the worst, everyone knows that the Panthers are only a true #2 away from the promised land. They have alot more need than JUST a decent WR, like FB,OL,DL,LB,SS to name a few. Ohh and a QB might help too.

/sarcasm

[bleys]

I thought we had the talent to bring in a true #1 and make a difference.. but it's obvious there is far more wrong than that.. however, I'm not sold all the issues lie on the field..

bring in a new coaching staff and let him retool our roster..

however, we should have brought in one of those guys and locked up our need for a truly talented WR for the next 4-6 years.. it just wouldn't have been a move meant to help this year..

with Gettis and LaFell, we could have had an outstanding group of WRs.. especially with the leadership/work ethic Bolden would have brought.. then we could have focused all our efforts elsewhere and WR would be the least of our concerns for years...

[PantherBrew]

20-2.. its all we needed.

[Delhommey]

I didn't say we'd win more games, but we'd be better. You can't deny that.

I didn't say we'd have the same wins either. I just said we'd be better.

So you didn't say we'd win more games. You didn't say we'd win the same number of game(s).

Therefore, you are saying we would have less win(s).

Huh. Ok.

[rico6]

Even the MONSTARS couldn't make this current team a winner. What makes you think a Wideout could?

[Panths]

unless this WR was playing the OC position we'd still be 1-8

[Starscream]

I'll go ahead and say we would be at 2-7. QB still has to get the ball to a WR, but another great WR and some pressure would have been taken off of Steve Smith. Still not much better, so it wouldn't have been worth the money.