Whose side on you on? Trey, the Bengals or none?

[samhain]

Hard to say without factual details.

Trey absolutely deserves a raise. He also failed to bet on himself when he had the chance.

I still think the Tee switch-up played a part here. IMO, Trey would have been given a raise if the pressure to sign 5 was not heavily applied later in the season.

So I guess I blame both. I'd throw him 32 mil if I were them. If he's not good with that, then he needs to be more realistic about the role his decision to sign the last extension plays in the situation.

I criticize the Bengals a lot for constantly being behind the market when it comes to extending players. They actually did that in this case. The player bears some responsibility and needs to have some self-awareness.