12-16-2017, 10:36 AM
(12-16-2017, 01:11 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Only technically true. It's another one of those lies Hobspin pumps out.
They might have offered him 1yr/$11m, which is *technically* the same yearly pay, but it's not the same amount. Whit also got a $5m signing bonus (which is $5m in cash he got right then and there) so it wasn't the same at all.
Not to mention if he only ended up playing 1 year for the Rams, he'd walk away with $15m, which was the amount of guaranteed money in the contract. 1yr/$10-11m =/= 1yr/$15m.... so please stop propagating that Hobspin lie about offering him the same amount, just over a shorter length.
Combine that with the fact that the Rams clearly were doing a lot more/were much more concerned than the Bengals with being a winning team. The Bengals are married to having the same mediocre HC, the same shitty OL coach for a quarter of a century, and going into the season with the worst OC in the NFL.
Combine that with continuing to let all their good players go and replacing them with Ogbuehi/LaFell/Williams/etc, and their not REALLY offering the same amount of money... and there's no question that it's the Bengals' own fault.
nailed it
