07-17-2022, 03:29 AM
(07-16-2022, 09:37 PM)Bilbo Saggins Wrote: The time to try to work out a trade would've been at the start of free agency when teams were throwing out massive contracts with the cap room to do it. If they trade Bates now, that's $12.5 million that could've been spent on upper tier FAs. Now they'd have to use that money for whoever is left on the market or for extensions. Another poster pointed out in another thread that future draft picks and extensions don't bring the Bengals any closer to winning a Super Bowl this season - that's not ideal. I can't say that I like any of these trades. I could maybe see trading him straight up for an aging star like Khalil Mack or someone of similar caliber.
1.) Of course trading him away earlier would have made more sense but we are passed that point.
2.) You could be right but a third or 2nd RD pick could also help us get a player at the trade deadline. Plus we have a young team; so a second or 3rd rd pick would be a future starter.
3.) I wouldn't mind trading him for a proven player but getting a young player with years left on his rookie contract like OSA and Williams makes more financial sense then an older player.
