02-21-2016, 02:00 AM
(02-21-2016, 01:04 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: It's not because I think Laruinitis would be great, but he's probably the best the Bengals would ever sign in FA.
I've long come to terms that they aren't going to get anyone really good.
Even Antonio Bryant wasn't good. Guy was coming off a 600 yard season when he signed with the Bengals. (For as much as people mentioned that contract, they often fail to mention that the contract didn't wreck the Bengals or anything, cutting him was a one year, $5.8m cap hit)
So rather than seriously saying "Oh, they should sign both Danny Travathan and RFA Brandon Marshall." I just say it's a dream and then more realistically say things like "Well, Laurinitis is a Buckeye, next year will be his age 29 season, he was cut so he doesn't count against compensatory pick (because god forbid we lose a 5th round compensatory pick in order to improve the team), and he wouldn't suck as much as the guy we have right now. So lets do this, it's at least a plausible Bengals move."
Laurinaitis is exactly the kind of FA the Bengals would pursue and look to sign for the reasons you've already mentioned and the fact that he should be pretty affordable.
