WTH?

[Destro]

Regardless of impacts, a player somewhere can read this, from their player's association, and take it as a bad thing. Bengals have been shaking away an old reputation, then you hear something like this and you think some may not dismiss it? So since the agent says the Bengals will pay better than this won't matter? Fine, but what about those on the fence. Any nudge could push them away. And not all player's have agents.

Football is violent and dangerous and you can get hurt....so? A bunch of jobs are like that. They still get WC, retirement, pensions....sometimes. The Bengals should not be going out on a position like this, if not for an optics/PR thing.