03-10-2017, 06:00 PM
(03-10-2017, 05:55 PM)Wyche Wrote: Ah....but the year before they offered him Clint Boling money, aka lowballed him, and were forced to exercise the 5th year option. Had they just ponied up a little dough then, and extended him like they said they were gonna do, we wouldn't be in this current predicament. We could have probably inked him in the 8-10 mil range....just a hunch.
Yeah low-balling a player and then increases the offer makes them upset. It's not like these guys have no other options.
They essentially did the same thing with Whitworth by spreading rumors that it was a done deal that he'd be back.
The Bengals negotiate with free agents like they are buying a used car.
