Cincinnati Bengals Viewed as Top Landing Spot for Earl Thomas

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(07-23-2018, 10:45 PM)jj22 Wrote: Do the Bengals even know he's available?! I doubt they are even interested. I thought it was a good move pre draft. But realistically we know this isn't happening. Like others said with drafting Bates,  Dunlap and Geno being up it's understandable why.

Exactly. We're not in the market for that kind of top shelf (& salary) player. We have pretty decent safeties, plus the rookie Bates. Safety's not a position we're going to invest that heavily in, and I don't think Thomas would want to play for a small market team. So, he'd never sign an extension. 

I can see him being dealt to the Cowboys. Zeke Elliot is going to want out of BIG D as soon as Paul Alexander has his Oline take the ketchup test at a team lunch. He might even pull a Palmer and threaten to retire. Thomas has publicly declared an interest in Dallas. Thomas for Elliot would make sense for both teams.