10-30-2023, 03:32 PM
(10-30-2023, 10:00 AM)ochocincos Wrote: To be fair, the $12.6 mill was only due to the 5th year option.
And the Bengals chose to use that 5th year option a year before he moved to RT.
Would they have given him at least $12.6 mill APY on a veteran contract to play RT?
I don't believe they would, at least not without seeing him play there for a year and he would have to do very well.
They do keep doing things in the Taylor era they had never done before, so maybe Jonah is retained and for $13+ mill.
If the Bengals dont sign Jonah for 13+ million some other team will. Im guessing Jonah still wants to play LT so he may go to a team that will play him at LT. Even if he stays at RT, he will get that 13+ million from someone. Looking at overthecap.com, there are 10 Right Tackles right now being paid 15 million+. That number will only go up with the increase in NFL salary cap. Jonah will be 26 next year when he signs his new contract. He is in the prime of his career. He will get paid.
