01-21-2018, 02:01 PM
(01-18-2018, 10:57 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Bleh.
That reminds me of back when they let JJo leave over guaranteed money/signing bonus. They ended up spending more money on 7 CBs during that time than they would have if they had just paid JJo what he wanted.
Brandon Ghee (3rd round pick + 4yr/$2.44m)
Dre Kirkpatrick (1st round pick + 4yr/$8.6m)
Shaun Prater (5th round pick + 4yr/$2.212 )
Kelly Jennings (1yr/$2m)
Nate Clements (2yr/$10.5m)
Jason Allen (2yr/$8.2m)
Terrence Newman (1yr/$825k)
....were the Bengals attempts to fill JJo's gap in the 2 years following his departure. A 1st, 3rd, 5th round picks, and $34.777m in contracts.... to avoid giving JJo more guaranteed money on a 5yr/$48.75m deal. You figure JJo got $9.75m/yr, so $19.5m in those first two years and those 7 players total $28.151m for those same two years.
So a 1st, 3rd, and 5th round pick, plus $8.651m more than JJo would have cost, to do a lesser job than JJo would have done.
THAT is the Bengals way.
Newman and Clements were both on the field at the same time for most of 2012. We might have saved a little money, but our defense would have suffered with Joseph playing two CB positions at the same time. Either that or your entire premise is a joke because Joseph was not the only CB that left the Bengals in '11 and '12.
And, of course, you ignore the fact that the Bengals pass defense improved after Joseph left. But why be happy about improvement when you can cry about how much players are being paid?
THAT is the LeonardLeap way.
