02-28-2017, 08:38 PM
(02-28-2017, 05:17 PM)Au165 Wrote: Actually his article in the players tribune made it sound a lot more like he wanted to be a #1.
(02-28-2017, 05:24 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: Can you show me a Bengals offer which includes the guaranteed money to prove he turned down the same offer?
Bengals.com and a number of other sources did report that the offers were similar, but after the deal was first reported, Coley Harvey said:
'If Jones' new contract does in fact pay him $8 million a year, then the Bengals were grossly outbid. Although Cincinnati wanted him back in stripes badly, there simply was no way the team was going to pay Jones that much on his second contract when it had 12 other unrestricted free agents it was interested in working out contracts for.'
A few days later, Marvin gave a different reason as to why Jones made his decision:
Lewis said "a sudden change in heart" caused Jones to sign with the Detroit Lions on the first day of the new league year, instead of back with the Bengals.
"We worked to sign Marvin back and Marvin chose to go, His idea was to feel that he could be a No. 1 at another team, even though he said that wasn't important to him. It became important all of a sudden again."
It's hard to know for sure. Maybe it was some combination of both.
