08-20-2021, 11:37 AM
(08-20-2021, 11:31 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Actually the Bengals have a LOING history of paying top dollar to keep their own players.
Whitworth was an outlier because he was 36.
Zeitler was an outlier because he was overpaid by another team.
You can't just ignore theses guys
Carson Palmer
Chad Johnson
TJ Houshmendzedah
Levi Jones
Willie Anderson
Rich Braham
Bobbie Williams
Andrew Whitworth
Clint Boling
Andy Dalton
AJ Green
Vontaze Burfict
Geno Atkins
Carlos Dunlap
Leon Hall
Brian Simmons
Robert Geathers
Domata Peko
Cedric Benson
Tyler Eifert
Giovani Bernard
Dre Kirkpatrick
Adam Jones
Reggie Nelson
Shawn Williams
George Iloka
Joe Mixon
Sam Hubbard
You look at everyone you put here and they paid them and kept them, you're very correct Fred.
However, I'm looking through the list you included for a player at the top of his game who was considered the "best" player at his position in the NFL. I honestly don't see any players on that list that would meet those criteria. I guess you could include Carson Palmer but that was almost (oh lord) 20 years ago.
So while the Bengals do have a good track record of signing their own players to extensions, the Bengals also have a good track record of being frugal. Not wanting to do contracts of $70M and $40M guaranteed upfront. They're more like $60M and we'll go $25 guaranteed but $15M in 2023, then $5M in 2024 and another $5M in 2025.
Players now days want there's and I don't blame them. Unlike MLB, where players are guaranteed their contracts, the NFL doesn't guarantee anything. So these players want their guarantees up front. At the end of the day, if you want Jesse Bates and he wants to be the highest paid Safety in the NFL then you do what you need to get him signed.
