08-28-2021, 10:42 PM
(08-28-2021, 05:44 PM)Bengalstripes9 Wrote: Sign Bates for 4 years and I'll second that notion. Let him walk and I'll bring up Whit again and again. Only to later bring up Bates again and again.
And paying Waynes instead of WJ3. Seemed like an okay move at the time, but not after his injuries and letting WJ3 walk.
Long story short, all will be forgotten if you sign Bates for 4 years. Otherwise I'll call it 'mismanagement' to let your most successful draft picks walk.
I don't think WJ3 was ever going to re-sign with this team. Rumors of his wanting to chase a contract elsewhere proved true, and he had nothing good to say about playing for the Bengals when he left. I don't fault them for not retaining him.
