02-10-2016, 04:10 PM
(02-05-2016, 04:37 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Still can't believe the Bengals are going to be paying Kirkpatrick $7.5m in 2016. After he was 3rd in the entire NFL in penalties, and had 16 missed tackles. Really need to drop that option like a hot potato.
Crazy thing is, Kirkpatrick has already played likely 40-50% of his career, yet some people still try to defend him by saying it was only his first year starting and he's young. Lol... 30-32 is the vanishing age for most CB. Those that play longer generally are able to substitute technique and knowledge when they lose a step. Kirkpatrick really doesn't have either at this point.
I'm more concerned with paying Zeitler 8 million for his option. We need to get an extension worked out with him. CBs are always more expensive than Gs. There was a Hobson article a couple weeks back that mentioned Zeitler's 8 mil number is something they do not like. If we can't extend him I wonder if we cut or try to trade him. Would kill our depth but we could still field a good OL even if we lost Andre too. Whit, Boling, Bodine, Fisher, Ogbuehi.
I don't think he is worth almost twice as much as Boling and more than Whit. We need to cut Zeitler's number in half. No way he should be the 4th highest paid player on the team.
