11-10-2018, 01:35 AM
Classy move by a classy guy, but I don't fault the Bengals for not signing a 35 year old Tackle to a multi-year deal. The odds say a Tackle that age is likely in for a steep decline soon. We gambled he'd decline and lost. That said, our line was bad with Whit in 2016, so keeping him around was no guaranteed fix to all of our o-line woes, which mostly centered around Bodine/Ogbuehi/Fisher.
Also agree with Sunset on the "what if" game. What if keeping Whit would've kept our o-line just mediocre enough to convince Mikey to keep his pet around for 10 more years? Love Whit, glad he's having success, not mad we moved on. Heck, even if we'd kept him, we'd have a 37 year old Tackle that we'd have to consider replacing now.
...and tbh I don't think Glenn is as bad as some claim. Our problems lie elsewhere. Particularly at RG.
Also agree with Sunset on the "what if" game. What if keeping Whit would've kept our o-line just mediocre enough to convince Mikey to keep his pet around for 10 more years? Love Whit, glad he's having success, not mad we moved on. Heck, even if we'd kept him, we'd have a 37 year old Tackle that we'd have to consider replacing now.
...and tbh I don't think Glenn is as bad as some claim. Our problems lie elsewhere. Particularly at RG.
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