Duke

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(Yesterday, 05:12 PM)lone bengal Wrote: So many questions lol.
Why can’t you develop any offensive lineman ever ? We had faith in Pollack and he came with an outstanding resume. Obviously, the results here have left something to be desired and that is why we recently made the difficult decision of parting ways. Amarius Mims looked very promisng this year and we're excited about the future. We wish Frank well.

Why did Bates walk ? We worked hard to keep Bates and even applied the franchise Tag to him as we tried to work a long-term deal. Unfortunately, Atalnata was in a better position cap-wise to offer Jesse a large front-loaded contract that included $23 MIL guarenteed at signing.  We are happy he is doing well in Atlanta. We had plans to employ Dax Hill as FS, but unfortunately injuries to CTB and Awuzie in 2023 forced us to use him more in a CB role and we liked what we saw in him there. 

Why haven’t all these picks on defense worked out Hill, Carter , Murphy, ect. We've had mixed results with our younger Defensive signings. We were very pleased with what we saw out of Dax and DJ before we lost them to injury. We loved what we got out of Josh Newton when he was asked to step up and were also pleased with what Ivey gave us once he retuned from injury.With that said, we strive for excellence and this is why we made the very hard decision of letting Lou go.

Explain why Stone and Rankins didn’t work ? I wouldn't say they "didn't work" It took Stone a little while to adjust to what Lou was doing, but we thought he really came on as the season progressed. He has a reputation for creating the turnover and he didn't dissappoint. Unfortunately Rankins battled injury all year. It was unexpected as he has been very durable throughout his career. He hope he gets back to full health and helps us in our bid to win it all next year

Were you concerned about Burton coming out of the draft ? We have concerns about all our draft choices. As to Burton, the kid is currently going through some issues that do not allow mw to comment further. 

Why couldn’t you resign Chase before the season ? We tried hard to sign Chase and made what we considered to be fair offers. Unfortunatly, we and his agent could not agree to the language/number prior to the start of the season . We definately look forward to Chase being a Bengal for years to come.

Can you resign Higgins now that Bates walked ? Tee is a huge asset to this team and we'll do all we can to keep him in the building

There you go. Now let Duke focus on getting the off-season off to a good start. He'll get interviewed by many folks later. He's a regular on Sirius XM