03-14-2024, 05:48 PM
(03-14-2024, 05:15 PM)CJD Wrote: MASSIVE failure on the front office's part. They should not have shied away from an offer that didn't even reach 14M AAV for one of the best Nose tackles in the NFL.
I thought, if the Lions stole him, it would be because of a 3rd year, but they didn't even give him that
The Bengals are fools for not matching this offer.
Could not agree more.
We had $45 mil or so in practical cap space after tagging Tee. We cut Mixon and Scott to free up $8.5 mil more. We spent $9 mil on Stone & Moss. So $44.5 mil or so.
With that cash, the BEST guy we got was Rankins for $13. Which is what Reader cost. Gesicki for $2.5, Sample for $5, ADG for $3, Bell on vet min.
We now are gonna blow our $20 mil left on Becton and Tart.
What a disaster. That is an F for FA. No Reader. No RT. No CB4. No complete TE. No WR3. No needle mover of any kind with $50 mil. No restructures to free up space.
What should we have done?
Onwenu $19
Reader $13
Fuller $8
That's $40. And you know the cap hits will be lower. Call it $35 max. So $10 in space. Restructure Burrow frees up over $7. $17 mil with Reader, Onwenu, Fuller, Stone, & Moss in pocket. More than enough for Gesicki. Bell costs nothing. $14 mil left. Pass on Rankins and you can still have the insane Sample & ADG deals. And $6 mil left.
Think about it. We paid Sample $5 mil and let Reader go over the cost of cutting Carman. Insane.
A 6th grader could have done a better job.
