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(7 hours ago)Luvnit2 Wrote: I get it, again you are looking at it from the eyes of Trey. I am looking at it ffrom the eyes of the Bengals who do not have to do anything for our 31 year old sack leader.

I love him and I hope they figure something out, but if I am the Bengals, not way I tear up 2025 contract and give him 32 million in 2025, they would be very stupid on their part. Busines is messy, none of us ever thought we were paid well, we thought we deserved more and then we had to go negitiate and get more.

Same here, they have Trey by the nutz and if. they decide to squeeze, nothing he can do.

Sit out 2025 and lose 15.8 million and be subject to fines.
Sit out some of 2025 and lose almost 1 million per game.

Then, in 2026 Bengals can place tag on him if he does play through his current contract, so he is still not a free agent.

Teams has the cards, Trey and his agent know it, so maybe attempt something versus nothing and regretting it years from now. A 31 year old has to be concerned about guaraneed money, he only has 15.8 million right now.

Sure, they can do any or all of those things, but do they really want to present themselves to the league and fan community in that fashion? I mean Trey took the leap of faith as a free agent to come to the Bengals at a time when they had a terrible reputation for not paying outside talent to come to the Bengals. When they transitioned from Marvin to Zac, they showed a different way of doing things than we were used to seeing. By going full "Mike Brown old school" on Trey would definitely erase a lot of progress that they have made thus far. Trey has done nothing but play better and better since his arrival. The Bengals went all in for the offense this year, making Trey happy is the least that they can do for the defense.