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(03-09-2017, 03:02 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: Unfortunately it's not.  This isn't the same NFL as it was 5 years ago.  Why can't you pay a RG that much?  The salary cap is $167 million and Cincy has a ton available.  Where are we going to spend that money?  It sure won't be on outside free agents? Are we going to extend someone?  That won't use up all that money.

You can't just let the young guys walk out the door.  I get not signing Whit.  He's older and at some point he will slow down.

There's no reason you can't sign both Dre and Z and still have $15 million to roll over to next year (where we already have a ton of cap space)

They could have signed Whit to the same contract signed with Rams.

A lot of money up front which he earned and ability of club to opt out with minimal salary cap hit in second and third years

They also had the money to sign Zeitler given the salary cap and no- Dre is not as good a CB as Zeitler is at right guard.