09-02-2023, 10:27 AM
(09-01-2023, 09:51 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Well if that means a Super Bowl win then I’ll take it.
But it’s hard to believe he’s asking for something insane, and it’s hard to believe the Bengals are lowballing him. It’s just weird.
I feel like everyone involved needs to agree to let the chips fall where they may with Tee. I love him as a player and respect how he goes about his business, but the numbers making keeping him extremely tough. His agent is about as likely to take a hometown discount to keep the team intact as I am to make the Bengals practice squad. Mulgheta is not interested in keeping the team together. He's interested in max money. That's a difficult moving part to work with when you have a delicate negotiation process with multiple franchise-type players that allegedly want to play together deep into their careers.
The reality here is that Burrow means infinitely more than Tee to this team (duh). They should not be handled as interconnected negotiations if it starts to put a Burrow deal at risk. Get them both if you can but if not get the quarterback and live to fight another day.
Keeping them all is a nice thought and I give them credit for trying, but the cap gymnastics aren't promising. It's past time to get the number one priority wrapped up.
