Would you bring Andre Smith back?

[jj22]

The team loses free agents because they lowball them and then when a team gets ready to sign them they try to match the offer (Marvin Jones). Too late. Just like J.Joe, those free agents go tour the top notch facility, indoor practice bubble, they get towels that fit, free water, no Gatorade limits, cable during training camp, They don't; have to practice on fields under bridges breathing exhaust from passing vehicles and trucks. When there is bad weather and they only have 2 hour practice window due to cba, they don't have to spend 30 minutes to travel to a college teasms bubble, and 30 minutes to travel back leaving them 1 hour of practice. The grass is a lot greener elsewhere. We can't compete. We do a lot better when we sigh them before they reach free agency. A bidding war and we are pretty much done. That's why we end up signing the Dansby's, Hawks, Sims, Gilberry's of the world. Nobody wants our "big ticket" free agent signings.


Bengals need to quit lowballing players with initial offers, and then trying to match offer when they are already gone and woooed by another team.