03-17-2020, 01:03 AM
(03-16-2020, 09:47 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: "Jonah Williams coming back is just like signing a starting LT!"
(A variant on the classic "1st round pick did nothing/got hurt, so for year 2 it's like having an extra 1st round pick!" Bengals trope.)
Honestly, the "it's like getting an extra first round pick" is the most annoying narrative in my book. The biggest problem is that they've used it so often.
DreK in 2013
Dennard in 2015
Ced O in 2016
WJ3 in 2017
Ross in 2018
Price in 2019
Now Williams in 2020
(03-16-2020, 11:10 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: The Bengals rarely cut players for some reason. I think Steelers cut 3 this week for example. They rarely restructure contracts and they have no creativity, no out of box thinking playing it safe always. Result is a boring product and losing team when they also draft average or worse.
The Bengals not cutting players is actually a tactic they use to persuade players to sign/re-sign with them. You'll see players get less guaranteed money most of the time from us, but the Bengals essentially guarantee the whole deal. Teams will sign players to 5 year deals but only guarantee the first two. Then that player gets cut after the 2 years and doesn't get his whole deal. The Bengals will offer up less guaranteed money, but keep you for the whole deal.
Now, things are changing a little bit with Brown getting cut and Dre K apparently on the way out. We'll see if things change for good or if this is just a slight shift into the Zac era.
You can always trust an dishonest man to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you have to look out for.
"Winning makes believers of us all"-Paul Brown
"Winning makes believers of us all"-Paul Brown
