Bengals. The cheese could have kept him for a 20 million
dollar franchise tag salary the Bengals, get him for a four
year, 64 million dollar deal. That's 16 million a year,
Chris. I'm surprised. The Chiefs wouldn't have done that
and maybe it's a situation where the Chiefs would have
done it, but we're Lando Browns, not happy that they
didn't pick up his franchise tag so he took the offer
somewhere else. Haven't heard that the
chiefs were in it for 16,
but 16 is not unreasonable.
I think 16. No, that's exactly the kind of deal you.
You need, if you're going to put great players around jobber, oh
yeah, I mean, I would have a hard time,
you know, again, where my mind goes through history and, you
know, being involved in this game a long time, as I got to
think he was asking for something, more than that. And
the Chiefs got exhausted with it
and then said, okay, we're going to move on to John Taylor
and then he started to realize, wait, the Marcus, not quite
what I thought out there and he had a lower, his price tag
a little bit. At least that's the way it looks. And I feel like
a lot of the times the way things like this go down. That's
usually what happens.
Since you know. But but I mean, yeah, steal
for a much-needed position still for the Cincinnati
Bengals
and, and again, Orlando Brown. One thing I know he wants to
play left tackle 100%, so that was maybe another issue here
too. You know, I saw the report with Adam schefter a few days
ago saying you know a lot of people in the league viewed
him as a better as a right tackle.
Well I know that he was intent
on being a left tackle he's gonna go to Cincinnati
and play left. Tackle, that's for sure. He's better than
anybody. They got on the roster at that position.
Now what do they do with Jonah Williams, right? He was their
starting left tackle. He's a first round pick.
Most people when he got drafted, never thought he was
a tackle. Anyways guarded bility, maybe he goes to right tackle,
but either way much needed protection for Joe burrow and
a great Improvement to their old wine with Orlando Brown
Yeah, and the thought is Jonah, Williams goes over to the right
side and lay all Collins ends up potentially being odd, man.
Hey, being writing line up right on the roster all
together, and when you see that investment that was made in
Orlando Brown jr.
One of the thoughts. I had
Joe Mixon. Yeah, that's alright. They spend enough
money where they can't justify and this is why it's important
to have those triggers. Those early triggers in the out years
of a contract that forced the team
too.
We're get off the pot early roster bonus early guarantee
because the Bengals can play this out a little bit. And once
the market dries up, when they go to Joe Mixon and say we can
only pay you 5 million this year
where you going to get six million at that point, that's
the problem. So with each one of these deals, the Bengals, do
this offseason. I'm going to get a little more and more
nervous about Joe Mixon status at the 10 million. Plus, he's
due to make
whether or not they're going to take him
or put him in a position where you need to take. Less or
they're going to take them off the roster altogether. I feel
like it's trending towards the take less thing, right? What
one, I guess? Where? I think a little bit and I think you
brought up all the correct points, it's just that,
you know, with some ijp Ron gone and, you know, get not
being able to re-sign him, he goes to the Denver Bashan paid
and it's a great signing for them. There's not really
anybody on their roster
that you look at to go really are you gonna go into the year?
You know with that player right there.
They got Chris Evans
who's Young player from Michigan, but certainly not
a starting caliber tailback for my money, you know? So yeah, it
does seem like it's going to trending that way,
whether maybe they just go. Hey way, we'll let it play out, one
more year, for 10 million, or they put the squeeze on them to
take six or something like that or five like you're talking
about.
I feel like it is is trending that way, but but like to get
rid of them at this point, you know, wow. They're going to
just rely on this group and then go to the draft or there's
some other free agents. They got their eyes on out there,
I don't know but it is It's certainly a little dicey for
Joe makes him right now.
Well you know the other thing they can do Chris is they can
wait until after the draft to make their decision, depends on
who they get or don't get in the drafts right when they make
their final spot and thought known
on Joe Mixon or they could say to Joe Mixon, here's the offer
that we have pre-draft post draft, it may be different. It
may be dramatically different post drafts. So all I'm saying
is,
he's got a contract that gives them the ability to take their
time
and you pay Orlando Brown big money
and you make that big move. And, you know, the Joe burrow
contract is going to get done at some point, they'll
eventually need cap dollars. And Joe Mixon is is a path of
least resistance for them or at least a path of lesser
resistance for them
to get the cap dollars. They'll
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