03-09-2017, 05:27 PM
(03-09-2017, 05:21 PM)car91 Wrote: I'm going to get flamed for this, but I can't fault the front office for these moves. Zeitler is going to be the highest paid lineman, not just guard, in league history. Cleveland is going to have 30 million a year tied up on three offensive lineman with no playmakers in site. Whitworth is getting $12 million a year at 36. I just think those deals were too hard to match logically. Now if the Bengals don't do anything to make up for these losses, well that's a different thread all together.
I don't agree. For starters, look at how much cap space we have this year ($40 million) and next year ($60 million) and tell me that you don't have the room to pay a guy $12 million to keep one of your best young players.
You have to spend that money somewhere, and we know the Bengals won't do it on outside free agents, so we should spend it on our own.
