01-05-2017, 10:01 AM
(01-05-2017, 09:32 AM)jason Wrote: Hobson should use the old reliable "Bengals offered 'essentially' the same contract to Dre as team X did. He just wanted to be 'the guy' on team X."
I don't know why it's so hard for him (them) to admit that their strategy of skimping on guaranteed money in exchange for loyalty (barring career ending injury) isn't something that's going to be preferred by every player. That's why we lose guys like Marv Jones and Johnathan Joseph sometimes.
It's probably also why they bargain shop in free agency. FA players from other teams have no loyalties to the Bengals, haven't made their homes in Cincy, don't know the coaches, etc. Therefore it becomes all about $$$ and the Bengals can't compete when they refuse to offer high sums of guaranteed $ like everyone else.
That's why you always see us signing bargains like LaFell, Dansby, Hawk, Harrison, etc. Our biggest recent splash was Michael Johnson...A former player willing to settle for less guaranteed $.
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