Roster Bonuses & the Cap

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(02-02-2021, 06:20 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: 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.

Hindsight is always 20/20 but no one has a working crystal ball.

Very well stated. I never thought Whitt would still be playing at a high level, I am happy for him but to blame the Bengals FO for that decision and the offer they made is stretch in my opinion.

As far as the MJ loss, isn't the bigger issue in both cases our coaching staff and our FO did not sign and develop their replacement. Isn't that the consistent issue with our Bengals, our coaching staffs seem to lack in player development (training) and FO missed with Fisher and Cedric big time setting us back for years on the OL.