***Official Bengals Free Agency Thread***

[BengalsRocker]

(03-17-2021, 07:41 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: With Whit, we were one year removed from 5 straight playoffs.  And his problems in getting an extension actually occurred during that run, the year prior in 2015.  He also was coming off one his best years.  That Bengals team didn't have nearly as many holes as their 2019 counterparts.

So I consider these to completely different arguments.  One team was still contending for the playoffs when Mike finally got involved to get Whit an extra year, while the other team was the worst in the league.  Whitworth was still at the top of his game, while Dunlap was completely non-existant for the first half of 2019 and Geno Atkins play had clearly started to diminish a bit.

Apples to oranges.

Whit is a complete freak anomaly.

I'm hard on the team and their moves/decisions but nobody could've known his future.

Bengals' FO gets a pass on his situation in my opinion.