Bengals offered Marvin Jones same amount as Detroit -(he left anyways)

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(03-10-2016, 12:45 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Two things:

1.) I'm kinda disappointing we offered that much.  With Eifert due for a new deal, I'm not sure what the rationale.  Who wants 35 million dollars locked up into WR1, WR2, and TE1?   You're talking about damn near 1/4 of your total cap space.  3 out of 53, taking up 25% of the cap.  I'm sorry, but a WR who has never hit 900 yards aint worth 8 mil per.  

2.) Not a great fit for him if he wants to be the guy.  Golden Tate was seeing more looks than a healthy Calvin Johnson.  Older or not, that says something.  And it happened in 2014 as well.  At best, they're in WR1A and WR1B setup.  Not to mentioned they have Eric Ebron coming into his own.

If it were me, and I was Jones, I would have went somewhere with a better chance of winning and/or a better situation.

Eifert still has two more years on his contract. That's not even counting the possible use of a franchise tag.

He isn't due for a new deal at all, he's only 60% through his current one.