03-02-2020, 07:45 PM
(03-02-2020, 07:35 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Folks, I hate to say this, but you know that I'm going to say it anyway..
For the experience he brings, Dre's contract isn't as bad as it seems at face value. Just wait til the opening week of free agency deals start being announced, you'll be every bit as shocked this year, as you were last year when CJ Mosley was signed for 5/85, Kwon Alexander was signed for 4/54, and Jordan Hicks snagged 4/36. The Bengals aren't going to find anyone better on the market for less, just like they weren't going to find an affordable "stud LB" in free agency, last year. Compound the premium price that competent CBs command in the NFL, along with the very real fact that other positions are in more dire need of that 2nd round pick this year, it only makes sense for the Bengals to keep Dre around, and let him play out the final year of his current contract.
I would still rather use that money on Dennard and Will Jax and Draft a Corner. I like Darius Phillips, he played decent last season
and is a ballhawk. It is true that starting CB's get paid a lot of money but I would rather use that money on Corners with upside.
We might be able to even get a pick out of Dre, who knows? Dre isn't worth the amount of money he is being paid IMO.
