06-25-2021, 01:12 PM
(06-24-2021, 03:40 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Side note, is this really a very important year for Jonah? Are we in the position to move on from him even if he is average this season? I realize we could be inspired to consider other options in 2022, though.
Quite.
Short of a career ending injury the Bengals are going to be picking up his option.
This is a league in which Cam Robinson got franchised tag. The Bengals picked up the 5th year options on Dennard and Kirkpatrick who'd suffered injuries and patchy performance. They tagged AJ Green despite injury hits.
Jonah at a premium position on an option is going to be cheaper than replacing him in free agency. Even if he takes a step backwards this coming year he'll still have shown more when healthy than Ogbuehi, Price and Ross when their options were declined. Plus he's the first pick of the Zac Taylor era. This coaching staff is more invested with this pick. They're going to give him every chance to live up to his draft position - and whilst he may not have been dominant so far he hasn't been a liability which means they can continue to give him all available opportunities to take the next step.
