Dax Hill 5th year option

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(Yesterday, 01:38 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Dax was impressive at boundary Corner last year. One of the most important positions on Defense.

Don't understand not liking the Bengals picking up his option. He can also play at Slot Corner, I know Golden has spoken of Fig playing in the
Slot but I think that is also because Dax is coming off of injury right now.

Just a 4 game sample size, which is just not large enough to tell anything. 

When a guy hasn't proven for sure to be worth it, I would rather not pick up the option. 
-If he balls out this year I would just happily pay him in FA.
-If he doesn't ball out, I don't want to be on the hook for all that guaranteed money.

It's the Jonah Williams/Darqueze Dennard situation. I would rather have to spend more on guys I know are good than overspend on guys I don't want anymore. We are now committed to Dax Hill currently being our 7th highest paid player in 2026 based off 4 games (where we went 1-3) in a defense we no longer run.



...but as I said before, I am not sure how I feel about this. I don't hate it, but I sure don't love it. A big 'ol heaping of meh that leans towards dislike.