04-25-2020, 02:03 PM
(04-25-2020, 10:43 AM)HarleyDog Wrote: Same boat as you. A lot of chatter of Andy landing there, but no moves. I read somewhere that BB might have enough confidence in Stidham to roll with him. Or, maybe there’s a qb he thinks he can mold into greatness that he’s confident he can get in later rounds? Hard to tell with BB. I think if they want to continue being competitive, then need someone like Andy for a few years.
Of course he's going to say that, like the Bengals are going to say that they'd be happy to have Dalton stay. It undermines negotiating positions to concede otherwise. I wouldn't read anything into it.
(04-25-2020, 10:50 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Pretty sure we would have heard if he was...
I don’t think NE has the cap room for Dalton. They would probably try to sign him for peanuts if we cut him, but they had like 37 mid round picks and didn’t even call.
I just don’t think we get anything for him at this point. Probably just ends up getting cut.
Do we know they didn't call or is that an assumption?
(04-25-2020, 12:54 PM)Synric Wrote: Andy isn't going to restructure.
His best bet at this point is to wait for the Bengals to either cut him so he can go somewhere to compete for a starting job or at least a 1 year deal with a little bit of signing money and try again in 2021. Or he can hold a clipboard here and wait for a midseason trade so he can showcase his stuff or try again in 2021.
If he restructures that will add more time to his deal and limits his chance at making a better money somewhere else as a possible starter.
There are a couple of reasons he might want to restructure.
1. He's coming off a down year. He may fancy his chances of securing a favorable deal in free agency after a year more when he's won more than 2 games. Restructuring buys him time to bounce back.
2. He'll get more money by restructuring than being cut. He's not getting $17m on the open market at this stage of the year. Restructuring will allow the Bengals to top up whatever his new team can afford to pay this year.
