Noah Fant Visiting

[XsandOs]

(Yesterday, 03:20 PM)XsandOs Wrote: NFL Teams don't pay for travel, car service, hotel room and meal expenses, unless they want a player. 

They know what a vet can bring to the Team by film. So it is a matter of dollars and duration of contract.

Bengals did this with Hudson and Gesicki. Both signed one year deals.

If Fant wants the Burrow resurrection deal, he will be here. 

Gesicki is on a one-year $12M deal now. The question is if Fant sees a future with Bengals next year and beyond. 

(Yesterday, 03:31 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: How many NFL players take visits and leave with no contract offer in hand? I would estimate a lot so sorry they do spend money to kick the tires and work the players out. It appears he left with no contract offer in hand.

A lot are offered deals, but many are not as well. To assume a player will be offered a deal everytime is a huge reach in my humble opinion. They may have with Fant or they may have said we can't meet your demands, come back if you can't find a taker. Or we may have said good visit, but need time to see if you fit the JB offense.

Bengals jumped ahead of other interested Teams to simply "kick the tires" and "work the player out"? 

Teams do not bring in players just to "kick the tires" and "work" them out, without interest in signing them. The "tire kicking" is done before the visit, usually with the player's agent. With a vet like Fant without history of serious injuries and 6 years of film, there would not be workouts either.

During the visit, the player may or may not take a Medical (contracts pending physical are not uncommon). They do meet with coaches, do a facility tour, do some film and meet with some players. Then get down to discussion with the GM. If the offer makes sense, then the agent gets involved (that depends on whether the agent visits along with the player or remotely). Players who visit without their reps, get prepped with numbers in advance by their agents. 

In the bolded, you are assuming that he was not offered a contract, by your "no contract offer in hand" comment. 

If we disagree, that is fine. But a player visit is serious business. Unless there is a glaring issue such as a physical or mental/background find, numbers are discussed (low ball or not).