03-13-2019, 12:09 PM
(03-13-2019, 07:20 AM)Takedown Wrote: I don't expect anyone to have an answer obviously, but I think we all kind of expected Tez to be gone by now? Usually players are let go before the start of free agency... Unless he's being shopped to somewhere like Oakland. I'm sure PG would welcome him back under his wing. More likely through FA and not a trade though.
My view on the situation: There isn't one... If they value a player like Hart at 7m a year, then Tez will end up retiring a Bengal. Do I want that? No. It seems his time is up in the Queen City.
My whole point: Based off how things have been handled so far this offseason with filling the coaching staff and the Hart deal, two key words come to mind. Disoriented and Incompetent. Not to evolve an entire offseason around one terrible signing (Fart), but why do so many people think Tez is on his way out the door still? Especially after MB defended him last season? And how often do we see Mikey come out from the shadows to say something about a specific player?
One positive: If we keep him, his money doesn't go into re-signing someone who should be on the practice squad.
Make me think different.
I'm in the camp that wants him to retire for his own safety. He has good but violent instincts that can't be untaught. He will end up paying his bonus back in fines, if he even stays healthy enough. He's a liability you can't plan around.
Reality is that we will go into the draft with a weakness, LB is likely it. I could see Washington giving up their high 3rd to get a QB and Cincy taking it with White gone and many of the BPAs being similar DL that will be there at 15. They end up with 2 LBs within the first 5 rounds and sign a fringe starter that didn't get their deal.
