03-06-2016, 12:42 PM
(03-05-2016, 09:58 PM)BengalChris Wrote: Not sure what you mean by let. What are we going to do to stop them?
Seriously, Marvin Jones thinks of himself as a #1 WR and he happens to be the top WR in free agency. Since we don't see him signing what the team is offering, he and/or his agent believe he's going to get a better offer. Same is true for Iloka and Adam Jones. Although I'm not exactly sure if we've even offered Adam Jones anything or not.
We might get Sanu to think about staying by overpaying him, but how is that better than paying a little extra to keep Marvin Jones?
Sanu is a slot guy and just doesn't have the speed needed to play opposite AJ. So, ok, we overpay some to keep Sanu (our #5 receiving target from 2015) to replace Jones (out #2 receiving target from 2015), but then what? How is that an improvement? Eifert was the #3 target (by catches and yards), maybe he catches more or is injured less. But still, how has the team improved?
I do get that the entire off season has to be taken as a whole and the draft hasn't happened yet, but the fact that none of our free agents have signed an offer from the team isn't a good sign. [Tate doesn't freakin' count cause he's one foot from being out of the league and the Bengals are basically his only shot. At least he was smart enough to grab the money when it was offered. Now if we can get him to be smart enough to know when and when not to come out of the endzone we might be on to something.]
If it happens that we lose every single free agent starter then i will be right there with yoiu.
i just think you are wrong about what is going to happen. I have seen a lot of people over the years "guarantee" that they knew what was going to happen only to end up looking stupid.
It might happen and it might not. we will see. But based on the history of the Bengals stepping up to keep most of their best players I believe they will not let all five "starters" (Nelson, Iloka, Hall, Jones, Sanu) walk away in free agency.
