11-25-2017, 08:19 PM
(11-25-2017, 08:10 PM)Synric Wrote: Guards and tackles which position every week in the NFL its thr most common position change.
I'm not arguing that the line isn't bad it's as you say historically bad but that doesn't change the fact that Zeilter was not worth the Highest Paid Guard In NFL History.
I seriously don't know how to take the Whitworth situation. The Bengals were saying he was gonna resign... Whitworth was saying he was gonna likely resign all the way up until free agency opens then bam he's a Ram.
What happened there?
It's my opinion with no proof that Whit screwed them because they drafted two tackles and then only gave him a one year extention shortly after saying these guys are these he future.
As for the reportedly offered 5.5. I read your word for word quote and it. The way it's worded it sounded like Lapham was pulling numbers out of his ass to make a point. I'd say it was closer to 8.5 to 9 Zeilter and his agent was saying hey we can make 11 or 12.
In the End it's about the offer the Browns gave him. Should the Bengals matched it and made him the highest guard in NFL History. In my humble opinion no. Even with the line as bad as it is still No.
You seem locked in on the Browns offer in free agency and won't acknowledge that the Bengals could have worked out an extension BEFORE he hit free agency...like the Steelers did with DeCastro. DeCastro's $10 million would have likely been the ceiling on what he would have wanted.
Had the Steelers allowed DeCastro to get to free agency, don't you think he gets more than $10 million?
When you allow players to hit free agency, all bets are off.
