Bengals extend Shawn Williams

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(05-18-2016, 11:50 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Sure that sounds nice in theory, but how often do the Bengals cut homegrown players they extended, with years left on their deals? Also, using Dunlap as an example is a little deceptive. Dunlap had "2 starts", but he also had 20 sacks in 3 seasons and played significant snaps every year. 

He may not have started, but he was on the field a ton.

Not very often, I would guess because they try and do their due-diligence in evaluating talent before signing them. Not like they didn't know anything about him before signing him. They have several years of practice and a year of decent PT. Believe he played right around 40% of the snaps last year. T

To your point, tho, it does seem like they put the cart  before the horse on some signings.