admit it..you thought I was going to say someone else

Been holding this secret in for months. I’ve been secretly practicing with the @Bengals via zoom for months .I will be the 3rd down tackle today ! Being back in This lockerroom in my uniform is unreal! I’m Baaack! Thank You Mike Brown! #Whodey #WillieAndersonLinemanAcademy pic.twitter.com/NlRRywbrMW

— Willie Anderson (@BigWillie7179) September 12, 2021

People act like Whitworth has some reason to be insulted by what the Bengals did to him when in fact the made him a reasonable offer but, like most teams, were not willing to give a three year contract to a 36 year old player.

On the other hand, Willie was still under contract and trying to play through an injury. The Bengals told him he would either have to take a pay cut or be released. He didn't so they cut him.

Fans need to either stop squealing about how Whit was treated or start squealing about how Willie was treated.

(09-12-2021, 01:06 PM)fredtoast Wrote: People act like Whitworth has some reason to be insulted by what the Bengals did to him when in fact the made him a reasonable offer but, like most teams, were not willing to give a three year contract to a 36 year old player.

On the other hand, Willie was still under contract and trying to play through an injury.  The Bengals told him he would either have to take a pay cut or be released.  He didn't so they cut him.  

Fans need to either stop squealing about how Whit was treated or start squealing about how Willie was treated.

https://www.cincyjungle.com/2017/3/14/14916488/andrew-whitworth-leaving-bengals-competitive-offer

Quote:the Bengals only offered Whitworth a one-year deal worth up to $10 million with incentives.

https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/news/andrew-whitworth-bengals-offer

Quote:Whitworth said. "It wasn’t that I wouldn’t have taken a Bengals deal to come back. The Bengals offered me 50 percent, 60 percent of what every team in the league offered me.

You need to stop squealing about how the Bengals made Whit a "reasonable" offer because it continues to be as untrue as you tried to excuse it with back when it happened.

Also, how many posts are you planning on covering this board in that are just you squealing about other people squealing?

(09-12-2021, 01:11 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: https://www.cincyjungle.com/2017/3/14/14916488/andrew-whitworth-leaving-bengals-competitive-offer


https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/news/andrew-whitworth-bengals-offer


You need to stop squealing about how the Bengals made Whit a "reasonable" offer because it continues to be as untrue as you tried to excuse it with back when it happened.

50% because it was not a multi year deal. For one year, the numbers were very close. Of course he got more guaranteed money for a 3 year deal than he would have a 1 year deal, because the numbers are bigger. It was a very fair offer. 

(09-12-2021, 01:14 PM)Sled21 Wrote: 50% because it was not a multi year deal. For one year, the numbers were very close. Of course he got more guaranteed money for a 3 year deal than he would have a 1 year deal, because the numbers are bigger. It was a very fair offer. 

So 50% the total and less guaranteed money. That's not 50% of the best offer, but the next worst. That sounds like the very opposite of a fair offer. Sounds actually exactly like the definition of lowball.

(09-12-2021, 01:11 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: https://www.cincyjungle.com/2017/3/14/14916488/andrew-whitworth-leaving-bengals-competitive-offer


https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/news/andrew-whitworth-bengals-offer


You need to stop squealing about how the Bengals made Whit a "reasonable" offer because it continues to be as untrue as you tried to excuse it with back when it happened.

Also, how many posts are you planning on covering this board in that are just you squealing about other people squealing?

Bengals offered $10 million a year.  He signed with Rams for $12 million a year.

So where the hell does the "50-60%" come from?  None of that makes any sense.

We can see what happened with both Whit and the Bengals since and judge who got the better of that "divorce."

(09-12-2021, 07:51 PM)Destro Wrote: We can see what happened with both Whit and the Bengals since and judge who got the better of that "divorce."

Isn't it nice to have hindsight vision. If only there was a way to know what's in the future.

(09-12-2021, 07:53 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Isn't it nice to have hindsight vision. If only there was a way to know what's in the future.

Can have an opinion and give a guess as something is happening. There's a chance of being right or wrong, in that incoming future. If you were correct, you would have had foresight. I thought Ross was going to be a bust and he was. I also thought David Klingler was going to be a winning quarterback here. I don't excuse it. Was wrong, take the "L" and motor on. Every bad choice had reasons for it being made. Doesn't make it any less stupid. 

"The inevitable effect of a biographer's hindsight is to belittle the subject's foresight." - Clive James

(09-12-2021, 07:43 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Bengals offered $10 million a year.  He signed with Rams for $12 million a year.

So where the hell does the "50-60%" come from?  None of that makes any sense.

From the only number that matters, guaranteed money.

(09-12-2021, 07:43 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Bengals offered $10 million a year.  He signed with Rams for $12 million a year.

So where the hell does the "50-60%" come from?  None of that makes any sense.

What in the hell are you folks even arguing about??

Seems to me that the OP was intending to assert that there is a new RT #71 in town, and that he did a fine job today.