03-14-2017, 11:47 AM
(03-14-2017, 11:16 AM)Go Cards Wrote: Believe all knew Whit was coming to an end here and could have even retired at his age.
Yet OL was so bad last season with exception of him and Zeitler that they needed to be retained. Boling should receive somewhat of a pass per injury.
Would have liked to have seen Whit tagged for a year which would not have made them commit to a 3 year deal and give him a chance to retire a Bengal as well and mentor Ced another year.
Zeitler should not have been lowballed last season with offer to extend that would have avoided this bidding war with Hue.
There is plenty of dead weight that could have been cut to come out same financially.
Kirkpatrick was overpaid but am fine with signing and I for one was vocal against drafting him.
Just do not think anybody could watch OL last year and believe we were in good enough shape to let go of our only two good ones just yet.
Hope Ced and Fischer pan out in huge way yet not expecting it. Think there will be improvement because they were already at rock bottom with nowhere but up to go. But the ceiling is a long way presently and can not see either reach it this year.
Maybe in a year or two when they are FA they will start to pan out. Think we should be active in draft to give them some competition as motivation.
The Oline franchise tag is $14.4 mil, $12.6 for the transition tag.
The Rams made Whitworth the 10th highest paid LT in the league based upon average salary/year.
Whit's cap hit is $9.17 mil this year.
That contract doesn't seem crazy to me considering the state of the Bengals' oline.
Jesus Christ! Looking at the contract, if the Rams want to cut Whit next season the dead money is only $3.33 million which they would be able to spread over two years if they designate him a June 1st cut.
$9.17 + $3.33 = $12.5 million
They basically signed him to a one year deal for less than the transition tag if they want to cut him next year. Now, I'm ***** pissed!
