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(Today, 01:29 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: I think he might just become a 2025 free agent then. If you retract the offer, you're giving up rights to him. I don't believe a team can sit on a drafted player's rights while refusing to offer him at least the bare minimum of the rookie contract slotted for his pick.
Based on what I have read, retracting an offer forfeits the Team's rights to the player. The said player can re-enter the draft in the following year.
In this case, Bengals can justify the retraction as refusal to sign the offered contract.
It is an extreme case and both parties will suffer.
My point was if Shemar misses camp and pre-season and decides he will sign the contract the week of season opener, what value will he deliver to us this year? How many weeks will it take for him to learn Golden's system? How many weeks will it take for him to adjust to NFL speed and physicality? Will he pout and throw temper tantrums, if he feels he should be playing, while Golden doesn't think he is ready?
Should the Bengals pay him $9M this year to play half the season?
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