03-19-2022, 11:35 PM
(03-19-2022, 11:30 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: No, he wasn't. You had Reader and Hendrickson there, so there was no reason to pretend the Waynes signing was better than it was.
https://bengalswire.usatoday.com/2020/03/22/bengals-signing-trae-waynes-nfl-free-agency-overrated-deal/
https://fansided.com/2020/03/17/bengals-sign-trae-waynes-grade-reactions/ (D+)
https://thevikingage.com/2020/02/21/assessing-minnesota-vikings-waynes-value-free-agency/ (3yr/$25.2m predicted market value)
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The Bengals didn't agree to pay 5yr/$60m, which is what you were make it sound like. They also managed to avoid the vast majority of the guaranteed money. They took on a contract after the signing bonus was paid, and guaranteed money has always been the sticking point for the Bengals, so using Glenn as an example simply isn't a good one. Case and point they ended up actually paying him only 2yr/$20.5m which is not big money (as far as the NFL goes) because they didn't take on guaranteed money.
I think it was something like 30m in cash over the 1st 2 years.
