01-22-2018, 12:15 AM
(01-21-2018, 12:33 PM)Go Cards Wrote: Would love to get Solder but have never been a Wallace fan.
But if he came cheap enough ? Maybe.
Of course many may remember this from old board when folks wanted to break the bank for him when leaving Pittsburgh.
Well he's 31 and coming off a 750 yard season. Plus his last contract was only for 2 years/11.5 million. We signed LaFell to a 2 year, $9 million deal last year. So we're talking LaFell type money. Probably less, as he's coming off a fairly poor season at his age.
Tbh, Wallace wasn't a terrible signing when he left Pittsburgh. He's averaged 871 yards and 5.5 TD's per 16 starts since he left there. Sure, it's not #1 production, but the Dolphins were easily able to escape the contract and were no worse for taking the risk. I wish the Bengals took such gambles sometimes, as long as the contract is easily escapable. But unfortunately we don't use FA and we don't often cut players when they underperform their cap figure, either.
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