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It took one game for Bengals' trade deadline passivity to hit them where it hurts
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All the Cincinnati Bengals did at the NFL trade deadline was ship away their captain linebacker Logan Wilson to the Dallas Cowboys, and then sat on their hands while Jerry Jones swung a huge deal for Quinnen Williams. "Disappointment" doesn't come close to encapsulating the rage some Bengals fans must've felt to get fleeced and dunked on by America's Team. Giving up Wilson for a seventh-round pick, to proceed with two awful rookie linebackers, was a total botch job by Duke Tobin. Failing to outbid Dallas for Williams was yet another failure. If you're not going to trade draft capital for proven stars, you have to nail the draft. Cincinnati doesn't do that either. You know who accomplishes both of those objectives with ease? GM Howie Roseman's defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. Roseman did it again at the trade deadline, and the Eagles' gain was the Bengals' major loss fresh off their Week 10 bye. The Miami Dolphins were an absolute wagon when they beat the brakes off the Buffalo Bills this pa

This article first appeared on Stripe Hype and was syndicated with permission.

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