09-17-2017, 02:49 PM
(09-17-2017, 11:53 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: He also claimed they offered him a "lucrative 1 year deal" but that's also BS. They offered him 1yr/$9m. The Rams deal guarantees him $15m, or a little over $170k more than the franchise tag was.
Amazing how the Steelers can come into an offseason with less cap space than the Bengals and give Antonio Brown at $17m/yr extension, sign Stephon Tuitt to a $12m/yr deal, sign Joe Haden to a $9m/yr deal, and STILL franchise tag Le'Veon Bell at $12.75m.... yet the Bengals are constantly poor and out of cap space, so they can't afford to keep one of the best LT in the game, while instead giving the job to one of the worst LT in the game.
Bfine is a well known Mike Brown/Marvin Lewis/Paul Alexander apologist.
Yep. The Bengals have an extremely small scouting department compared to NFL teams. The front office doesn't use free agency. Before slotted rookie deals we had to lead the league in rookie holdouts.
The Bengals were going around the combine telling people that Whitworth was coming back and ended up losing him.
Plus, no playoff wins in 26+ years.
With all of this...it's amazing that some fans still think the Bengals do things the right way. The Bengals want to win. They don't commit all of their resources to winning like other NFL teams do though.
The Steelers as you point out had less cap space than the Bengals and did way more.
