Mike says Dalton should "re-establish himself" but FO needs to establish themselves

[Joelist]

(05-12-2019, 02:28 AM)Whatever Wrote: The Bengals never told Whitworth they weren't interested.  They told him they didn't value him at the price he was asking and they weren't increasing their offer, at least per Whit's camp.  

Successful teams let aging veterans walk all the time in FA rather than overpay to keep them.  The Bengals weren't dumb to let Whit walk.  They failed in the fact that they invested a 1st and a 2nd round pick into finding Whit's successor and they were both complete busts.  

At the end of the day, if Whit's priority was staying with the Bengals, he would still be a Bengal.  He chose to make the most money he could instead.  There's nothing wrong with that, but when money is your priority, you're probably not going to be playing for the team you want to play for and that team isn't necessarily the bad guy because they weren't the highest bidder.  

You do have to add that there were already clear signs that Ogbuehi would be a bust when they did this.