The Bengals did it right at OT

[Shake n Blake]

(09-17-2017, 01:45 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Yup,

It's a shame we didn't have the cap space to retain Big Whit as a backup plan........wait what ? 

I thought Whit's contract from LA was ridiculous and I was ok with letting him go. That said, what about a younger/cheaper option like Menelik Watson? How about Mike Remmers? Both signed for around $6 million/year. DJ Fluker signed a 1 year, $3 million deal. Kelvin Beachum signed for 3 years/$24 million and has experience at LT in the division (former Steelers starting LT). Cheaper and younger than Whit.

Any of these options would've given us flexibility. Maybe to kick Fisher in to guard or LT. With Beachum, we could've kept Ogbuehi at RT and move Fisher into Zeitler's place (if Og proved he could handle it). People keep bringing up Whit, but he was far from the only option.