04-15-2021, 04:26 PM
(04-15-2021, 01:34 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: The point went over your head, this is a Gio thread and not a Mixon thread. His pay is for another thread.
In this thread, Gio got to have his agent go to 31 teams, 31 teams and he gets only 1.4 million maximum deal. Bengals would have had to pay him 4.1 million. So Bengals were 100% correct, Gio's value at 4.1 million was way over priced for the current RB market for a backup or rotational RB.
This is Skip Bayless level silliness.
Bernard in 2020: 3.4 yds/carry, 3 TDs, 7.6 yds/rec, 3TDs, 4.7M cap hit in 2021
Mixon in 2020: 3.6 yds/carry, 3TDs, 6.6 yds/rec, 1TD, 8.1M cap hit in 2021
1) If anyone is over paid based upon production it’s Mixon.
2) If the Bengals were smart to cut Gio, then they were stupid for agreeing to overpay to begin with.
3) The Bengals whole schtick when it comes to negotiating contracts is to offer less in guarantees and overall value. But, claim the player will actually earn more because the team won’t cut the player before the end of their contract, unlike other teams, so they will ultimately make more from a lesser offer. This proves their schtick is BS. So they kneecap their own negotiating power.
4) The Bucs are the defending Super Bowl champions. They’re bringing back all 22 starters. They have a future HOFer at the most important position on the field in Brady and a second HOFer in Gronk. On paper they are already better than they were when they won the Super Bowl just by adding Gio and we’re still two weeks away from the draft. The Bucs are close to Gio’s Dad so he can come watch him play. The Bucs have less than $2M in cap space so they don’t have the cap space to pay Gio more without cutting someone else.
5) Gio had multiple offers and you have no idea what amount anyone offered. So you can’t claim he was $X over paid without that info.
6) The Bengals tried to renegotiate mid-contract to save ~$2M when they had over $20M in available cap space with no plan on how to use it and you’re acting like they won the off season over 1% of their salary cap while Burrow’s pass protection got worse. Yeah.
