03-02-2019, 06:38 PM
(03-02-2019, 06:17 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: I'm definitely no cap expert, but spotrac says there would be 5.1 million in dead cap space if Whit were cut now, and it would've been $17.3 million in dead cap if he were cut last year.
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/los-angeles-rams/andrew-whitworth-1388/
Tbh, if Whit wanted to stay THAT badly, maybe the franchise tag would've been the best route?
I was talking about walking away from the contract after year one, which was the only year that was totally guaranteed.
As for Whit wanting to stay, I don't think there's any real doubt that he did. He's stated it many times in different interviews that his goal was to retire a Bengal, and if Melissa's account is accurate...he's was wanting to stay right up to the very end.
As for the FT, I think that would have been somewhere in the middle of options, but still a good idea. It might not have carried the same respect level in his eyes as the Rams-type deal, but is sure would've beat just letting him walk at the time.
