Jonah Williams Requests Trade

[kevin]

(04-24-2023, 09:48 PM)bengals1969 Wrote: Jonah was suddenly replaced so he’s expendable and that is a difference with other cases in the past.  I think it was Pollack who said last month he didn’t think Jonah would welcome a shift and it would be hard for him to make it. Jonah’s tee’d up for a trade this week.  Maybe the trade results in an extra pick used for a RT draft pick.

Oh Poor Jonah.  Boo Who

Look, when Jonah was drafted and signed a contract, I'm sure the contract doesn't say Only At Left Tackle.  He was signed to be an Offensive Lineman. 

I'll add the Bengals had to pay Jonah when he was injured as if he was playing, and Jonah got paid a lot while never taking the field in a game.  

So I think Jonah owes the Bengals.  He signed a contract and also got paid while IL injured many games. I'm sure his contract does not say Left Tackle Only. I think Jonah owes the Bengals and should live up to his contract, because the Bengals have when he was injured.  This means he plays where they need him to play, and if RT, so be it. 

However if Jonah thinks he is too good to play RT, which is a joke because Jonah is no Hall Of Fame bound player..  If Jonah thinks he is too good to play RT and sits out and refuses to play if not traded, then let him sit out.  He won't get paid if he sits out.  He will lose out on millions of dollars which will hurt him and his family.  Nobody is so rich they can lose that kind of money. IF he doesn't want to get paid in 2023, that's his choice.  He can't play for anybody else, he signed a contract with The Bengals. 

I side with Ownership on this one.  I'm tired of these spoiled players wanting owners to live up to their end of the contract, but players don't think they have to live up to their end of the contract.  So if he ends up not playing for anybody in 2023 and loses out on millions, I say fine Jonah.  Leave and sit out and don't let the door hit you in your moon pie.  Or you could honor your contract and protect Joe Burrow from Right Tackle and be there to move to Left Tackle if an injury to Brown.  Or again, sit out and not get paid at all.  

I'm all for Ownership saying NO TRADE, and telling Jonah his contract doesn't say Left Tackle.  Play for Bengals or don't play at all and lose millions of dollars, Mister Williams. Or quit football and go find your Life's Work, as Paul Brown use to say. Whatever his Life's Work would be, it will not pay what Bengals are paying him.