we're done onto 2016-future signings

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(01-21-2016, 05:50 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: That is just dumb. Did we not offer this guy a contract? Or did Watson and Wilder just figure it would be impossible to make the 53 because of our blind loyalty to Peerman and Burkhead so they moved on

Peerman was a key to the Bengals ST. He was second in the league in ST tackles with 17 (one behind Brian Peters of Minnesota).

However, it would make more sense that a ST tackle ace takes up, say, a LB or DB spot rather than a RB spot.

Burkhead was someone who underwhelmed me this past year. He was supposed to be a Swiss army knife and the secret weapon for the Bengals. That "secret weapon" turned out to be a whopping 4 rushing yards (1.0 YPC) and 94 receiving yards (9.4 YPC) with one receiving TD.
Perhaps he simply wasn't given the offensive opportunities because of a lack of injuries and a push to feed Gio and Hill.

With that said, I really wanted to see at least one of Watson or Wilder get a shot to contribute. It's a shame we probably won't get to see that in a Bengals uniform.