alleycat

The standard when negotiating with an individual is rarely based on that individual's history, it's based on the market. If in fact this has been standard elsewhere, and the Bengals are simply catching up with the times, it's ludicrous to hold out with them because of that. IF that's what's actually happening...

We need an investment group led by Joe Burrow to make this team an offer it can't refuse.

Not sure if it was on here or Football Pros, but I've been complaining for years.

Only if you make it YeahButt

If I'm understanding this correctly, does this mean that if you are trailing, and it's 4th down and your own your own 6 inch line, you can choose to inside kick it from the 35 (moving forward 34.5 yards), kick the ball 10 yards (assuming they field it around the 45), with the added chance of getting the ball back?! I must not be understanding this correctly, because I think that's a move a lot of teams would/should make.

It's a business, and part of playing that business is the PR side. It's not fun that both sides seem to feel the need to play their part, but it's also all par for the course, part of the negotiating process. Both sides have leverage. Trey's 2 pieces of leverage are to 1) not play on the current deal and 2) use PR. It's impossible to think this isn't over the term of the deal, ultimately. Trey is crazy to ask for more than 3, and the Bengals are crazy to offer less than 2. Methinks this whole thing is going to be over that one year, ultimately.

Dylan Fairchild, on the other hand, looks legit.

Cross and the dude in the red shirt have some seriously NON-NFL bodies.

Had the exact same thought.

Just looked it up. He's the 31st highest paid Safety in the league now. Considering there are usually 2 starting safeties per team?? Still seems high to me.

Curious move on Stone. He wasn't getting paid a lot in the first place, but this small reduction doesn't necessarily reduce his pay to backup level either. And yet they guarantee $1.5M?

I'm good with it, though can't help but think that 3-Tech DT is still the place we really need an upgrade.

Shaka Heyward has even longer arms at 6'3" (34" even) and is even faster:

Or Golden really does make LBs so central to his scheme that he had to have his guy to kick things off in that direction. And if it's that important, I can see why we double dipped, but also why we signed Burks, who just may have a bigger role than the backup many Bengals fans think he's slated for. He's got even more length than Knight, with the same 40 and 10 yard split, but even more explosion and agility:

One of the most exciting things I saw from Knight was just how sudden he was coming forward once he pulled the trigger. There's a great sack of Milroe when you could tell he simply did not expect Knight to get there nearly as fast as he did.