04-30-2022, 10:19 AM
(04-30-2022, 02:24 AM)tms Wrote: I agree it's very unlikely. But the only thing more unlikely is someone else pushing the narrative. Like honestly- who would stand to gain from doing that right now? Carman's not a prospect, he's a drafted player. It's not scaring anyone away from picking him- he's already under contract. Unless the timing is a total coincidence, it was done at the draft for a reason. I mean, the only media outlets that "reported" on it were Bengals outlets. All signs point to the fact that it was an inside job.
A low level media outlet wrote the story. Why would they? For clicks. If you want to get into conspiracy theories it could be any other team as well trying to get others to jump us to take o line to drop other positions or to allow themselves to trade back since there appeared to be a lack of trade up interest before the draft.
It makes no sense for the bengals to do this. If they were going to they would do it AFTER they drafted his replacement. Why would they put news out there that indicates they will draft an o line high ahead of time? Then everyone who needed o line would jump us in the draft. The fact that they haven’t drafted o line yet should be the final piece of evidence you need to prove they didn’t put that news out themselves. There is no reason to even suggest they did this