02-02-2021, 06:20 PM
(02-02-2021, 06:01 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I apologize for implying the offer was "way" lower than what they got. I know it wasn't significantly lower.
At the end of the day, it was two good players who walked out. The Bengals' offer was not appealing enough to keep them. contract isn't just about APY. It's also about length. The Bengals reportedly offered two years, but he wanted more, and he found a team that offered it.
It took Bengals three years to get a good enough WR2 comparable to Marvin Jones.
The Bengals still don't have a LT near the level of Whitworth.
Zeitler is probably a better example in terms of being lowballed. The Bengals have come nowhere near finding a good RG since Zeitler left.
still if people leave cause you dont over pay them not much you can do..
Have you ever noticed most the dudes that sign these huge over market value deals never see most the money at the end of the contract (the big money years not signing bonus related) some day they might too.
So lets talk about whitworth the average lifespan of a LT in the NFL his age at the time and the fact we needed to get his replacement playing.
No one expected whit to make it to 40 and playing at a high level. its just super rare in the NFL let alone an OL guy. so at 35 i think at the time we had his replacement on deck. We offered him another year but he wanted long term investment which when you have a 1st round pick waiting vs a guy wanting a contract till 40 and is already at the age most never make it to. You generally have to roll with what the numbers say.
Hinesight is always 20/20 but no one has a working crystal ball.
