Reports are Bengals lose Whitworth, Zeitler, Kirkpatrick

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(03-08-2017, 05:00 PM)muskiesfan Wrote: Mike Brown has to be pitching tent on how all of this is breaking down. Last year, we drafted C/G Christian Westerman in the 5th round. Instantly told by the greatest living OLine Coach that there was no way in hell he would be competition for the greatest living C, Russell Bodine. This year, Brown and the GOAT Alexander are letting us know that our 5th round C/G could replace our 1st round G, even though he wasn't even given a chance to usurp Alexander the Great's handpicked C. This saves Brown $7.5m.

They then announce they have cut their own cap space by 66%, but they really do want Whit back and maybe DreK. Of course, now they're going to enter a bidding war to bring back Peko to mentor Billings. They could sign Peko to a 2yr/$10m deal, guarantee $8m of it and pay that all up front this year, cutting their self-imposed cap limit in half and only having $7m to round out the roster.

This is the perfect storm of being able to not spend money for Mike Brown. This guy is a genius at manipulating the salary cap while ***** the team and fan base at the same time.

Reading this makes my inside hurt.  Every time somebody puts it in black and white it's like a kick in the nads.