Apparantly Our Medical Dept Shot Down Our Deal for Barrett

[BengalFanInNJ]

(11-10-2019, 02:09 PM)I_C_DeadPeople Wrote: As someone noted, the bigger issue was we we going to pay him $7M per year when the market was $4M - just like Hart and Dre and Brown, we just overpay so often for average to garbage players yet refuse to pay fair value for the good ones. Clown show.

That's just it; the Bengals WILL have to overpay anyone to come here. What's overlooked is, 2-3 years later, that contract may be considered a deal comparative to the market rate going for that particular position player and skill that year.