05-21-2022, 03:17 PM
(05-21-2022, 02:51 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: They're examples of times we underbid players. Which was a central argument of my post.
What central argument?
That players go to the team that offers them the most money?
Since the Bengals have signed so many big money free agents lately you can no longer claim they are being "cheap" or "underbidding" for all these free agents. Our offers have obviously been MORE than "competitive". We have actually outbid all the other teams in the league for a long list of free agents over the last two years. And the percentage of "guaranteed money" is just a part of the total package. Sometimes players are offered an option of more money and less guaranteed, or less total but more guaranteed. You can't just cut out the guaranteed portion of the contract and say that was the deal breaker.
If we don't sign Bates it is not because the front office was "too cheap".
