The 2023 off-season - what do you want to see?

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(01-31-2023, 03:59 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: It's probably going to be the last contract of his career. A lot of players say they like it here... they still want paid.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/jessie-bates-on-re-signing-with-bengals-id-love-to-be-here-but-thats-out-of-my-control/ar-AA16V4Lr
(But it doesn't mean he wants less than $18m/yr)

Uzomah said he was going to bathe in Skyline if the Bengals won the SB.
Higgins said he would love to stay around here for more years.

At the end of the day it's a business, though, and players are going to want to (rightfully) get paid. Hurst might be looking at getting the last payday of his life. At his age it might also come down less to money per year and more to guaranteed money.

Does he like Cincinnati enough to turn down $9m more ($3m/yr over 3 yrs, or maybe the Bengals only offer 2 years and another team offers 3) from a different team? Potentially a different team in a state without income tax? Or perhaps say $3m less signing bonus, which is $3m that would go right into his pocket then and there?

True. 

How many other players have been in 2 other spots where it didn't work out (definitively) and then came here and filled a spot that made them happy. 

I don't doubt he wants what's fair. Everyone does. I just question whether he will ask for an amount that the Bengals aren't willing to pay, ala Uzomah.