Whitworth-Bengals lowballed

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(12-04-2018, 08:56 PM)McC Wrote: At the root of all of it is the fact that they listened to P ***** A.  He told them he had it covered.  Kinda like we can take Britain from the air or not a bomb will fall on Berlin.  I believe this is known as famous last words.

Yep

(12-05-2018, 01:07 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Did you miss this earlier in the thread?

It wasn't close. They offered him a one year, incentive laden deal of UP to 10 million vs $13 million year 1 w/ the rams and at least $2.5 guaranteed the next year, almost assuring him he wouldn't be on the street in Year 2 at age 35.

— Katherine Terrell (@Kat_Terrell) December 4, 2018

What they were "willing" to go up to (according to them after the fact) and what they actually offered are not the same. They offered an incentive heavy deal that was worth up to $10m.

He got $15m guaranteed from the Rams including $5m in his pocket right then and there.



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Agreed that they were slow to recognize it. After seeing Ogbuehi be the worst OL I had ever seen in my life in 2016 (and previously a little in 2015), I knew he was never ever going to be any good.

Players can make the jump from bad to good with experience, but 2nd year players who are the worst you've ever seen are just busts. It happens. He was the Ryan Leaf/Akili Smith of OL. For whatever reason they refused to just take the L and admit their mistake, doubling down.

It has helped ruin three seasons now, though. They're going to spend so many draft picks and so much money now trying to find a LT. It is a repeat of the JJo situation all over again.

Right on

Wasn't it you that did the thread a couple years ago about how MB being cheap letting high dollar vets go actually cost him money in trying to replace them with the bargain basement guys ?

You guys can spin and tap dance around the facts all you want but MB has once again ruined this team being cheap. Once again we're watching a core group of players fade away because MB won't do what it takes to assemble a winner. The only thing he cares about is his money. We had Dalton and AJ in their prime but no, the man in charge said let's see if we can nickel and dime our way thru this.

That's all it amounts to.