Bengals: Better?

Free agency is almost never a way to get better quickly in the NFL. Teams just don't have enough money to buy lots of top-tier talent and now, the trend is toward signing your own, anyway. But at the moment, it's fair to wonder about the Bengals. They might use Brian Simmons' money to keep Kenny Watson, Reggie Kelly and Kevin Kaesviharn, which is OK. But how have they improved? They spend most of their available change on keeping Smith and Geathers: How have they improved? If they somehow signed Joey Porter (they won't) to replace Simmons, they exchange a solid citizen for a loose cannon. Better? Eric Steinbach is gone. Better? September is a long way off, but the team's moves lately suggest that standing pat is the best way to the postseason. We'll see.