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(7 hours ago)Sled21 Wrote: Yes he did, and he gushed about how well the Bengals treated him and allowed him to financially support his family and make this his home. Until the next year, when he wanted another renegotiation, and now another. I don't know why you all are supporting this madness. His word is meaningless anymore.
If the Bengals give him a 3-year deal at 30 million, he'll be back next year holding out for 40. It has to stop somewhere. Maybe it's because I'm old and from a time when a man's word meant something, but if I were Mike Brown, I'd tell Trey you will play here under the contract you signed, or you can retire, but if you do your career is over because if you try to re-enter the league we still own your rights to one year and can tag you twice. Good luck with your new contract when you're 33.
I seem to remember as more of a heres something for now and we'll do more later kind of contract extension. The last year of contracts only exist for mediocre players. Good players want paid and bad players get cut. According to Trey he was told they would do his contract after this last season so he's just holding them to they're word.
But telling a player to just accept it or retire and they can always tag them twice is terrible on alot of levels. You are treating a player in a way no other team in the league would. Not exactly gonna get free agents to want to come here. Trey has been a good player for us. The Bengals need to do him the service of paying or trading him for the best offer.
