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I find it very hard to believe we’re in on a tier 1 OG that will be looking for a massive payday.
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His age and injury history alone scare me. It's high risk, high reward. I'm sorry, but QB1 needs stability.
With my negative comment out of the way, I wonder how much guaranteed money it would take to lure him here? I mean c'mon. The Jets and Jags? Are you trying to compete for a SB or naw? He's made a lot of guaranteed $ the last couple seasons. Maybe he's ready to take a small cut and play for a winner.
Overall, I would pass.
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(03-14-2022, 12:37 PM)Bengalpool Wrote: His age and injury history alone scare me. It's high risk, high reward. I'm sorry, but QB1 needs stability.
With my negative comment out of the way, I wonder how much guaranteed money it would take to lure him here? I mean c'mon. The Jets and Jags? Are you trying to compete for a SB or naw? He's made a lot of guaranteed $ the last couple seasons. Maybe he's ready to take a small cut and play for a winner.
Overall, I would pass.
I'm fine with his age if the guy can play, but as you noted he has a history of injury so if he's signing with us I hope it's not an overpay.
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(03-14-2022, 12:45 PM)TecmoBengals Wrote: I'm fine with his age if the guy can play, but as you noted he has a history of injury so if he's signing with us I hope it's not an overpay.
For sure, I'm just pretending to be in the Bengals FO. LOL. We don't like older guys
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All comes down to how much, how long, and contract outs for me. The Jets and Jags also know how much time he missed for injuries. I don't know that he'll get the $14M+ per he's wanting.
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When healthy, he has been fantastic.
I have a dream scenario where we sign a high profile guard, trade for Collins, and land a quality IOL in round 1 (Zion Johnson or Kenyon Green most likely).
I could live with Scherff + Zion/Green starting and Carman filling in when injuries strike.
The long term plan would be for Carman to take over for him eventually with the pick on the other side.
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(03-14-2022, 12:48 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: When healthy, he has been fantastic.
I have a dream scenario where we sign a high profile guard, trade for Collins, and land a quality IOL in round 1 (Zion Johnson or Kenyon Green most likely).
I could live with Scherff + Zion/Green starting and Carman filling in when injuries strike.
LT Jonah
LG Zion/Green
C Hopkins
RG Scherff
RT Collins
BOOM. There's no real reason why this cant happen. I'm not even that high on Scherff, it can be Corbett and I would be happy with that. Or Tomlinson at LG and draft Zion/Green to play RG. And Collins' contract alone should be enticing enough for our FO to get that trade done. He'd be an instant starter at RT for the next 3 seasons for only 10m per.
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I wonder if the Cappa deal would take them out on this guy, but I'll take both, as long as they don't stop with just those 2
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(03-14-2022, 12:55 PM)Bengalpool Wrote: LT Jonah
LG Zion/Green
C Hopkins
RG Scherff
RT Collins
BOOM. There's no real reason why this cant happen. I'm not even that high on Scherff, it can be Corbett and I would be happy with that. Or Tomlinson at LG and draft Zion/Green to play RG. And Collins' contract alone should be enticing enough for our FO to get that trade done. He'd be an instant starter at RT for the next 3 seasons for only 10m per.
we just laned Cappa so not sure if this changes things here, but Cappa and Scherff at G would be SUPERMASSIVE UPGRADES!
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No thanks. Dude can't stay healthy.
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He’s heading to the Jags.
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Update: The deal was 3 years, $49.5M total (16.5 AAV). Glad we got Cappa, he's a bargain in comparison. Much more durable, and a much better value overall. At full health, Scherff is better, but not 6 or 7 million dollars better. Cappa and Karras > Scherff. Well done, front office!
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(03-15-2022, 02:19 AM)BuildTheWall Wrote: Update: The deal was 3 years, $49.5M total (16.5 AAV). Glad we got Cappa, he's a bargain in comparison. Much more durable, and a much better value overall. At full health, Scherff is better, but not 6 or 7 million dollars better. Cappa and Karras > Scherff. Well done, front office!
That's way too much for a guy who will play 6-10 games a year.
Plus $30m of it was guaranteed. Jags gonna Jag.
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