02-16-2017, 06:17 PM
(02-16-2017, 05:21 PM)Seled21 Wrote: No, but as I said, I was speaking to the team philosophy of not overpaying in general terms.... that not overpaying players is not a bad thing, and that sometimes overpaying one or two players wrecks a team. As for Zeitler specifically, if Kevin wants to test the market to see what he can bring, and the Bengals wait for that number to see if they want to match it, I see nothing wrong with that. Why offer him 10 mil a year if the market is only going to bring him 8? And if he gets offered 10, then the Bengals have the opportunity to match it.
Wasn't that pretty much happened with Andre Smith as well on his first extension too?
I seem to remember if was a mix of the Bengals paying the patient game and Smith looking for bigger numbers than he was going to get and that turned out okay for the team. Not that this tactic doesn't obviously have the risk of the player leaving no matter what a bit like MLJ who wanted to be the go to guy even for the same money (or a little less I believe).
