AJ McCarron Trade in Works

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(03-09-2017, 01:19 PM)Okeana Wrote: Everyone is freaking out because of the loss of Whitworth and Z, but you guys should have seen this coming.  This was a weak class for Free agent and draftable Oline.  We need to improve our D line and this does that so don't immediately start complaining about something until we have a full outline of the deal.  We can still draft more O line and address it in Free agency.

Actually, no, we shouldn't have seen it coming.  The Bengals mantra has been to draft and re-sign their own.  They have plenty of cap space, so there is no reason that we couldn't sign these guys - NONE.

I have no problem when a team lets guys walk - especially when they are getting huge deals elsewhere, but I have a major problem when the team always uses the "we sign our own" as an excuse for not being active in free agency.

You can't have it both ways, and when the team says this shit, they need to keep their word.

For the record, I don't have a huge problem with Whit leaving as he is only going to be playing for a couple more years, but letting Dre and Z walk (if it happens) will bug me,.