06-17-2016, 10:02 PM
(06-17-2016, 06:19 PM)3wt Wrote: The risk from my perspective would be any guaranteed money given to Freeney to come in and compete against two players who have not demonstrated a lot so far. Conversely there is a risk in letting a proven pass rusher walk while you wait for two players to show something they have not really hinted at so far.
You would not have to let go of both players. You would keep one and would have training camp to determine which 2 players are going to produce the most for you.
I agree that Freeney's remarks were not specifically targeted at the Bengals, but his point is valid. Teams in general are sometimes overly committed to being right about their pick rather than keeping/ playing the player(s) that performs the best. To me when you have a team close enough to being a Super Bowl roster you risk the up front money on someone who performed really well in a capacity that did not exist on our roster last year to our detriment at the end of close games.
If Hunt has truly turned it around and Clark has just been buried they can compete against one another to decide which one of them backs up MJ. The other may get picked up by another team while we round out our front 7 with a pass rushing presence we have not had opposite Dunlap.
What does Hunt have to turn around? He's played well every time he's gotten an opportunity.
