08-04-2015, 05:49 PM
(08-04-2015, 02:51 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: For the life of me, I will never understand the urgency shown in inking that deal a year early. It made no sense. You could have let him play out the final year and then franchise tagged in back to back years, for almost an identical amount of money over those three seasons.
And that is what makes it such a good deal for the bengals. If Dalton had continued to play as well as he did in 2013 then he would have cost us a TON more money after two years or else he would have left for another team.
The way we structured the deal was brilliant. He is locked up long term if we want to keep him, but it doesn't cost us a lot if we release him after a couple of years.
And as the cap goes up every year the cost of a QB will go up also. If Dalton plays out this contract he will be one of the lowest paid starters in the league the final years.
