03-22-2020, 10:16 AM
(03-22-2020, 10:07 AM)Daddy-O Wrote: Agree. Getting 17 million off the books would be great but getting nothing in return stupid. Keeping Dalton is not as bad as some think for a couple of reasons:
1) No better person to mentor a rookie QB. Dalton is very football smart and won't disrespect Burrow for being taken to replace him; it's just not in his nature or faith to do that. Heck, they'd probably become friends like Kitna and Carton.
There's a lot to be said for being a mentor. In a way it helps you stay engaged even though the end of your career is near. I could see Dalton being this type of person, sitting on his couch watching his protege lead the Bengals into the future.
2) Some QB will go down early in the season and a team will be desperate (like was mentioned above). If this happens you don't get the benefits of #1 for the whole season but you do get draft collateral in return.
I don't see it as a negative if we keep Dalton and think it'd be silly to outright release him. I'm sure that's what a lot of other teams would like us to do. Make no mistake about it, they'd jump all over him if he was available and they didn't have to give up anything.
Absolutely correct.
