Dalton Speaks after being cut

[Nicomo Cosca]

(05-02-2020, 02:45 PM)bfine32 Wrote: TBH, I don't think the draft was why we held onto Andy. It was to make sure that Burrow would sign a contract with us. 

Worse case: We trade Andy for a late rounder, Florio is right and Joe truly pulls an Eli. 

Burrow stated publicly at the combine he would play for the Bengals if they drafted him. I think it’s more likely the team was expecting some offers for Dalton during the draft. The Dalton situation is really the only blemish on a great offseason. They should have known other teams weren’t going to offer anything for him when all they had to do was wait for us to release him. In retrospect we should have done everything we could to move him last year to a team like the Bears (not saying they made an offer but we should have been proactive). An extra 4th could have landed us a decent OT prospect.