How upset will you be if Whitworth is gone after this year

[BobJones4980]

I know everyone loves the guy, hell so do I but if they let him go it will be for a good reason, either because he is starting to go downhill or because our young guys are impressing.

I saw someone say this before but it is true "Better to let a player walk a year too early than a year too late."

Also this board(Old Board) constantly bashed the Bengals for being too loyal and not sitting players or replacing them early on with rookies, can't have it both ways, Whit will be 34 this season and while he may be an all time great I really can't see a reason to sign him back unless it is a cheap 1 year deal as insurance unless they absolutely hate what they see from the rookies.

I mean we have to accept that drafting a 2 OT's in the first 2 rounds of the draft puts the writing on the wall for our 2 current starters going into a contract year.