09-18-2024, 09:46 AM
(09-18-2024, 09:29 AM)Daddy-O Wrote: What does cash flow, or lack thereof, have to do with the owners motivation to wing a ring? Do you not think the offer to Chase was fair considering the market? I think it was more than fair considering they didn't even have to negotiate at all. I would say the fact that the Bengals reached out to Chase's representatives right after last season indicates they were motivated. Some people may not like how it turned out but that has nothing to do with the Bengals being motivated. Chase has a role in this also. He chose not to accept the offer. The Bengals can't do anything about that.
In terms of Burrow, he was eligible and his offer was at the top of the market and where it should have been when it was negotiated. QB's get more money period. By your last statement it sounds like you would have preferred we low-balled Burrow to sign Chase and Tee?
Yes, I preferred we low balled Burrow to sign Chase or Tee. You don't have to pay Burrow top of market, that is what he and his agent wanted and look what it got you.
Low balled being maybe 5 million a year lower, which is 10%. One problem is Ja'marr and Burrow's contract don't line up (hard for him to leave guarantees or signing bonus on the table maybe). Chase's contract looked fair market but his guarantee kick in wasn't soon enough, I can understand why they are structuring it like that because he's asking for it too soon.
I don't think Burrow's window is his entire career, it is probably his career with Chase or Tee and more likely Chase and Tee. We'd be 2-0 with Tee, no? I don't see a re-sign of Chase or Tee (after their 2nd contract). Burrow will be 28 this year. I'm guessing his best chance to win a SB is with Chase and Tee on the field, not without one of them - unless it means he has an AFC-N caliber Defense on the other side.
Why do I think the old Mikey doesn't care? They don't trade their draft capital. You have no "all in" year like the Rams. Why not? Middling and getting close is not what a fan wants. If we return to the junk yard after a superbowl win, most of us won't care. He may have turned a leaf with Katie, but the MO on Mike is he doesn't give a shit about winning, historically. If he thought we needed to have an all in type season(s) he would have instructed it. That might hurt the franchise in the long run and maybe he thinks it's not sustainable.
So when do you think Mike brown started to care about winning? After he drafted Burrow? Even if he may have cared about winning, it didn't seem to be his #1 priority. Since we're not owners, it's his prerogative. I'll take 1 great year over 19 bad years to follow vs 20 good years.
