03-02-2019, 05:03 PM
(03-02-2019, 04:41 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: He blew chunks, but how often does a team give up on a 1st round draft pick after only a few games?It was a 11 games and he showed little progress if any.
...and again, Whit was 36. We all know it's rare for a player that age to sustain elite play. Heck, I can't think of any tackles that played this well at 36-37 years old. I'm sure there's a few, but I can't think of any without looking it up. Point is, it's rare. The Bengals gambled that he'd probably fall off. They lost the bet. That doesn't mean they were stupid to look at the odds.
2.) There was a simple solution franchise tag Whit. They didn't need to take any risk could have Franchised him then sign him to a cheaper 3 year deal with easy outs. This isn't the NBA where you can't cut bad players because of contracts.
