Shedding Salary (2021 Budget)

[Nicomo Cosca]

(09-21-2020, 02:17 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: I don't disagree with you.  It would be definitely out of character for this front office to cut bait so soon.

That said, if they or anyone else tries to roll out the pandemic or injury excuse, I hope it falls on mostly deaf ears.

Every team is dealing with the pandemic.  In fact, as far as opt outs are concerned, we couldn't be doing any better.  Look at a team like the Patriots. 

And as far as injuries are concerned, all in all, I think we're in pretty good shape.  There's definitely a lot of teams that have it much worse in that department.

The pandemic excuse would probably mostly be used because we were the only team to start a rookie QB with no preseason. Herbert played yesterday, but Lynn claims he’s going to go back to Tyrod.

Now if Burrow has a really good season and wins OROY, and it’s clear he wasn’t part of the problem, but we still don’t win more than a few games...that excuse won’t have much of a leg to stand on.