03-16-2017, 10:50 AM
(03-13-2017, 11:28 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: Here's my view (and I feel like I'm a pretty rational fan):
1. Whit leaving didn't bother me THAT much. He's how old? I would have liked to have seen another one year deal for him, but so be it.
2. Zeitler leaving really pissed me off. The team sits here and keeps saying "we draft, develop and sign our own." Well, not this time. Don't tell me that you don't "value" the position either, that's a load of crap.
3. Dre was a must sign. I thought he played pretty good last year and the year before. You can't let these young guys walk.
My only real complaint is that we were fed this whole "we sign our own" stuff and then it doesn't happen. Worse yet, we keep getting this shit about the team not signing any UFAs because it would affect comp picks. That's such a garbage excuse.
Everyone looks at Zeitler becoming the highest paid Guard and I think we agree that it was too much. BUT...extending him before he hit free agency would have been the play. Supposedly the Bengals offerred him slightly more than Bolings contract which had to be an insult to Z.
Had they offerred him $8-9 million a year BEFORE DeCastro signed his deal...maybe he accepts it.
Guys like Dunlap signed contracts for less than they would have got on the open market.
