Whit & Zeitler Vs Geno & Carlos

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(08-30-2018, 08:23 AM)Sled21 Wrote: First, rising salaries are not destroying the game. They are ridiculous, but while salaries go up, so does the cap. Basically, it just means everything is more expensive for the fans. Second, Whit was older than dirt, when it comes to O-linemen. Can we get over the decision not to offer him a 3 year stupid deal. They offered him a very good one year deal, which he turned down. Yes, he proved he could still play, but at the time all the odds were against that. Thirdly, what the Factory of Sadness paid Zeitler was insane for what he brought. Yes, he was good, but he was too expensive. The problems the Bengals have do not come from not resigning those players..... they come from not drafting or trading for quality replacements.

That is mostly true. However, teams are all now 'over paying' for quality OL so we should have ponied up. We may have been able to sign Zeitler for less the Clowns paid, we may never know. Could we have signed Zet and Whit and Dunlap and Atkins. For sure. The Rams just cleared up $7M in cap space by redoing deals for Whit and Robert Woods, MOST teams do this all the time. Had we signed Whit and Zeitler we would likely not have over paid for Dre, MJ, Rey and Hewitt. There are always options. But by NOT re-signing Whit/Zeit and KNOWING that you had no good replacements was an absolute fail of epic proportions. 

There are many ways to create cap room, this team just never or rarely utilizes them.