Cincinnati is THE Destination to Win a Ring

[WeezyBengal]

(02-21-2022, 01:22 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Antonio Brown is one off the top of my head.
Played for just $1.67 mill last year with TB, played for just $3.1 mill this season with TB.
He had just signed a contract for $16.7 mill APY in 2019 with the Raiders.

Tom Brady for years played on a cheaper contract with the Patriots despite having multiple championship rings.
He could have chosen to get paid a king's ransom if he wanted to.

Gronk signed for relatively cheaper to TB, coming out of retirement to try to win more championships.
You had guys like Austin Hooper signing for $10.5 mill and Travis Kelce and George Kittle signing for $14.3-15 mill the same year Gronk came back to play for just $10 mill. Gronk is the same age as Kelce and was still considered one of the top TEs in the league when he retired for the 2019 season.

AB played for cheap because he literally had no other option. No team was willing to break the bank on him because of his off the field stuff. 

Brady is the ONE guy I'll give you. Gronk signed a cheap deal because he was retired and came back. No one knew what they were getting. No exactly a true use case.