Bengals offered Golladay

[CJD]

(03-18-2021, 01:25 PM)jj22 Wrote: I just don't get this situation. The story goes he approached the Bengals and asked for a 1 year deal to rebound next year when the market (and cap) is better. But he has mutual interest in the Giants because they offered a multiple year deal? I thought he wanted a 1 year deal?

Something about this story I can't quiet put my finger on. 

The way I see it, he realizes the WR market is down (a combination of a glut of receivers all coming due at the same time, the decreased cap making teams prioritize more expensive positions like offensive line and QB, and the recent trend of rookie and 2nd year WRs playing incredibly well even if not taken in the first round) and so he wants to team up with a QB that doesn't have a star WR in an offensive scheme that passes it way too much, to bolster his stats for a true free agency run in 2022. 

The Bengals led the league in pass attempts up until Burrow was injured, if I'm not mistaken, and while we have two really good WRs, we do not have a star #1 receiver (yet. Higgins can develop into one next year or the year after). He probably sees the opportunity to work with Burrow as a means to get really elevated stats and get a huge deal in 2022.

I think the reason he's still entertaining the Giants is the same reason anyone would entertain the idea of long term security. What if he takes the 1 year deal and gets injured? What if Burrow has a year and a half working with Higgins and Boyd and he becomes the third target?

Also of note, we don't know what either team is offering. Maybe the Bengals are offering a 1 year 8 million dollar offer and the Giants are offering a 3 year 30 million dollar offer. Sure, the Bengals offer is lower but it could allow him to get a 3 year 45 million dollar deal next season, which would be a net gain. But taking the 30 million dollar deal (especially if a lot of it is in a signing bonus, meaning it hits his bank account this year, since the Giants don't have a lot of cap space) could be better for his immediate financial future and security.

It's a tough decision. I would need to know the terms of the contract offers before I could say what I would do, but the idea of betting on yourself vs taking the security is a struggle I think a lot of people have to deal with even in their day to day lives ("Do I keep working my boring office job or start my small business built around my passion" kind of thing).

It'll be interesting to see how this all unfolds.