03-09-2020, 09:47 AM
(03-09-2020, 09:39 AM)Whatever Wrote: Personally, Gio wouldn't have gotten the deal he got if the Bengals were that sold on Williams and Anderson. The whole thing smells of pre draft smoke and mirrors to me.
When he got his contract Anderson had already tore his other ACL and Williams had missed a large amount of time with a foot injury. They really had no clue what they had in those guys at that point and it didn't really matter as I keep saying the contract structure tells the real story. Contract extensions aren't give out 3 months after drafting rookies because no one knows anything about them at that point, however they are given out as insurance on impending free agents/hold outs. Based on some things Mixon had said in the media that summer about Gordon's holdout it would make sense for the team to be a bit nervous and want to have a back up plan they could easily bail on if it all worked out.
