9 hours ago
(11 hours ago)psychdoctor Wrote: This thread is long lol. I wanted to share some light and thoughts...
When Trey signed the one year extension, he admitted to doing so to avoid the Franchise tag. Trey is intimating that the FO implied to him, that they would take care of him. Nothing was in writing. There was trust there. Trey saw the FO take of Burrow, then Chase/Higgins. Trey assumed similar value deals.
I think Burrow, Chase, and Higgins were awarded great contracts because they are in their prime. Simply put, Trey is aging and most front offices will use age as leverage to low ball athletes. The Bengals FO is no different. I think Trey feels some sense of betrayal there. Most athletes do not anticipate retiring from their sport unless injury provokes retirement. Trey does not want to retire.
With that said, Trey's options are to retire or accept the low ball offer then sign elsewhere after this contract expires. I don't see much other choices.
I do think with 30+ million in cap space it gets resolved with Trey at some point.
But as far as his options nobody should want this. I'm not suggesting you or anyone else wants this but may just be pointing out this is what the Bengals are going to give him as options. But nobody should want the Bengals to operate like this because it's bad business. There's a reason teams cave so quickly to trade demands. Football is a business and a large part of that is player relations. We shouldn't want disgruntled players on the team for the message it sends to players on the team and around the league. If a player is disgruntled either pay or trade him for the best interest of the team and player. Should be a pretty simple talent evaluation to decide what direction they would like to go.
