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(03-16-2021, 03:41 PM)BigPapaKain Wrote: We really need to give up on getting a good or even decent O-lineman in free agency. Ownership does not now, nor has it ever since Daddy Dearest died, cared about paying interior linemen their worth.
BS.
We made Boling the 8th highest paid OG in the league when he signed his last contract. We also paid Bobbie Williams enough to keep him around.
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Its reported that we tried to sign Zeitler. We cant force players to sig with us though. Thuney was who most of us wanted but to pay that much for an OG? That is not a Bengal thing to do. There are still some OLmen on the market. There will be the draft and the post draft FA/Cuts. Plenty of time to address the OL. Later in the season when we had a healthy XSF and Spain, we were a better line anyway. They are upgrades over Redmond and Jordan hands down. But we need depth regardless and upgrades would be ideal.
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(03-16-2021, 04:21 PM)fredtoast Wrote: BS.
We made Boling the 8th highest paid OG in the league when he signed his last contract. We also paid Bobbie Williams enough to keep him around.
You have you're info a little mixed up. The Bengals made Clint Boling the 8th highest paid LEFT Guard but he was only the 14th highest paid Guard.... That also dropped drastically the following year.
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(03-16-2021, 04:27 PM)Synric Wrote: You have you're info a little mixed up. The Bengals made Clint Boling the 8th highest paid LEFT Guard but he was only the 14th highest paid Guard.... That also dropped drastically the following year.
Still: Good work if you can get it.
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(03-16-2021, 04:21 PM)fredtoast Wrote: BS.
We made Boling the 8th highest paid OG in the league when he signed his last contract. We also paid Bobbie Williams enough to keep him around.
Eh it might have been hyperbolic, but I'm certain i read somewhere that Mikey boy doesn't believe in paying top dollar for interior linemen.
I'll count this one as me either misremembering something or something being misrepresented to me.
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(03-16-2021, 05:41 PM)BigPapaKain Wrote: Eh it might have been hyperbolic, but I'm certain i read somewhere that Mikey boy doesn't believe in paying top dollar for interior linemen.
I'll count this one as me either misremembering something or something being misrepresented to me.
They didn't want to pay Zeit what he got paid by the Stains that is for damn sure.
But yeah, I heard something to that same extent. Nothing wrong with paying Guards. Pay for the guys in the trenches.
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Alex Mack is about the same age Whit was when we let him walk. Let's reverse that curse.
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(03-16-2021, 06:07 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Alex Mack is about the same age Whit was when we let him walk. Let's reverse that curse.
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Sure wouldn't hate it.....
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Still some experienced/talented O-line talent out there. Other teams have released some good players. Disappointed we didn't make a 1st day splash but this could still work out.
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(03-16-2021, 05:41 PM)BigPapaKain Wrote: Eh it might have been hyperbolic, but I'm certain i read somewhere that Mikey boy doesn't believe in paying top dollar for interior linemen.
I'll count this one as me either misremembering something or something being misrepresented to me.
Willie Anderson actually tweeted it yesterday after Bengals didn't get Thuney.
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(03-16-2021, 06:15 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Willie Anderson actually tweeted it yesterday after Bengals didn't get Thuney.
Well damn. I guess if anyone would know, eh?
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(03-16-2021, 06:15 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Willie Anderson actually tweeted it yesterday after Bengals didn't get Thuney.
Willie sure is a great guy.
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I want Trai Turner
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(03-16-2021, 03:49 PM)jj22 Wrote: Mentioned in the FA forum but....
The #Raiders are releasing Pro Bowl center Rodney Hudson, source said, a surprise in Las Vegas as their O-line receives a nearly complete facelift.
That guy would be a fantastic pickup. However, the Raiders asked him to take a salary cut for the benefit of the team, he refused and now he's on the street. So, unless a team is willing to give him what he considers a fair offer, he might just retire, while he's still in relatively good health.
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(03-16-2021, 09:13 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: That guy would be a fantastic pickup. However, the Raiders asked him to take a salary cut for the benefit of the team, he refused and now he's on the street. So, unless a team is willing to give him what he considers a fair offer, he might just retire, while he's still in relatively good health.
Him being cut might also make him realize he is expendable...
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(03-16-2021, 08:59 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I want Trai Turner
Then we'll have a Tre, Trey, Trai, and Tray-veon
Cool, the Bengals will build a four tres (fortress).
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I honestly think the FO and coaching staff are just underestimating the o-line issue yet again.
I have my doubts that we'll take Sewell even if he's there. Which at this point, someone may leapfrog us because our need is so obvious.
We should've prioritized an interior linemen in FA at the very least, to pair with Sewell.
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(03-16-2021, 08:59 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I want Trai Turner
Then we'll have a Tre, Trey, Trai, and Tray-veon
The new Johnson.
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(03-16-2021, 06:15 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Willie Anderson actually tweeted it yesterday after Bengals didn't get Thuney.
I like how honest Willie is. The Bengals definitely don't like paying interior linemen.
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