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(02-29-2020, 01:24 PM)muskiesfan Wrote: If a team is only trying to acquire Dalton as a back up, then his contract is too big. If a team is looking to acquire him as their starter, he's pretty damn cheap.

Whether an option or not, there's no way the Bengals should offer to pay part of his contract to trade him. They can release him and it costs them absolutely nothing. So throwing in money to trade him would be a pretty dumb decision. Why lose any money when there's an option that would cost you zero money? I simply don't understand the that sort of thought process.

Additionally, if a team were willing to trade for Dalton but didn't want to pay him his cheap starting money there are other options. They could allow that team a window to try and work a deal with Dalton instead of just unnecessarily giving away money.

I understand that a lot of people cannot wait for Dalton to get out of town, but there's no reason to do dumb shit to make it happen.

It’s not “dumb shit” teams do it all the time in other sports. It’s about acquiring assets instead of getting nothing. Dalton would probably bring back at least something anyway, so he’s not the most ideal candidate, but what’s worth more to a rebuilding team, a higher pick like a 2nd while retaining part of his money, or potentially a 4th but his entire contract comes off? We’re not winning anything this season anyway, so I don’t really see what the big deal would be for one year. Especially if it helps move him, and we getter a better return.