Bengals going in the wrong direction?

[Bengal Dude]

(03-10-2017, 02:51 PM)Wyche Wrote: This is true, but I don't think anything stopped them from inking Z before DeCastro, I could be wrong.  If I'm right, they just sat on their hands and waited for the chance at a cheap deal.  Then, they had no backup plan, unless you call a guy that wasn't good enough to spell an injured Clint Boling a backup plan.  Think about it, Boling was better with one arm than Westerman.  That's scary.

I was reading the article about what went wrong with the Zeitler negotiations. It sounds like the Bengals were offering a little more than what Boling got. Z thought it was low and decided against a deal so they picked up his 5th year option. They started negotiations again with a little more money and DeCastro's deal put a stop to that. The Bengals simply don't value guards.


The issue I have is that they took a 1st round guard and never planned on giving him a deal that great guards get. I don't want to see this team ever draft a 1st round guard ever again. If they do, then we can expect him to leave in 5 years. If he signs an extension in the Bengals price range, then that means he probably isn't playing like a 1st rounder. It's a joke.