Andy Dalton Contract

[kramer1]

Why, god? Why?

 

[LucklessPadresFan]

LOL.....Kramer I've been anxiously awaiting your response to the contract extension.

 

[cincygrad]

Votto and Dalton -- The leaders of Cincinnati professional sports.

Can you feel the excitement?

 

[DanBengalfan]

R U Readyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

 

[CrashDavisSports]

R U Readyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

Oh I am ready!! Give me a D-A-L-T-O-N, what does that spell? DALTON DALTON DALTON!

If he can't do it, no one can!!!

 

[DanBengalfan]

throw your finger in the air and let me see ware u @

I said A A A A

 

[DanBengalfan]

 

[DanBengalfan]

let me see ware u @

 

[CrashDavisSports]

Kramer Kramer Kramer. You go as far as saying, "Fuck Me", but then have to use A instead of just saying "Ass"? You silly silly man.

Glorious day is it not?

I was not overly thrilled about the contract when I first heard it, but I like the out clause, and if we win a SB, I can deal with Dalton for a while.

However, I think we can still cut him after two years, just that we take a larger cap hit. Not 100% sure on that. I think if he wins the SB all of his escalators for that year are guaranteed of course, but just because his salary goes up to $19 million because of that SB win does not mean we have to keep him beyond 2016.

Pretty sure the win just boosts his base salary but the out still remains.

 

[Cincyfan78]

Kramer Kramer Kramer. You go as far as saying, "Fuck Me", but then have to use A instead of just saying "Ass"? You silly silly man.

Glorious day is it not?

I was not overly thrilled about the contract when I first heard it, but I like the out clause, and if we win a SB, I can deal with Dalton for a while.

However, I think we can still cut him after two years, just that we take a larger cap hit. Not 100% sure on that. I think if he wins the SB all of his escalators for that year are guaranteed of course, but just because his salary goes up to $19 million because of that SB win does not mean we have to keep him beyond 2016.

Pretty sure the win just boosts his base salary but the out still remains.

After 2 years, the Bengals can cut him and actually save money against the cap. Though, with the cap increase that is expected, even if Dalton hits every single marker in the contract, by year 4 his contract will most likely be in the bottom half of the league. It's just how QB salaries are going right now, and I don't see it slowing down anytime soon (again, especially with the expected cap increases over the next few years).

 

[DanBengalfan]

we could have signed Jon Kitna for less money.

 

[DanBengalfan]

and of course, I'm dead serious about that.... maybe

 

[Cincyfan78]

The contract is not the issue. He gets something like 35M over 3 years...that's 10M a year...hardly top tier QB money. He only gets everything else by winning playoff games, advancing in the playoffs, and making the S.B.

The problem is, many fans believe that Andy is not the guy to do this. If you want to complain about that, then fine, but to complain about the contract in terms of the amount money...the argument doesn't work.

 

[flamingrey]

Nobody has complained about the money. The timing was bad.

 

[DanBengalfan]

the Bengals front office knows that this team is pretty much not good enough to win the superbowl, but somehow they need to run a respectable business and make a profit.

it's a slippery slope, I don't blame them one bit. I did see one article talking about how they jumped the gun... I didn't care enough to read it. We can hope that he continues to make small steps to improvement, it could happen. anythings possible. it may be improbable, but it's not impossible.

 

[Cincyfan78]

the Bengals front office knows that this team is pretty much not good enough to win the superbowl, but somehow they need to run a respectable business and make a profit.

it's a slippery slope, I don't blame them one bit. I did see one article talking about how they jumped the gun... I didn't care enough to read it. We can hope that he continues to make small steps to improvement, it could happen. anythings possible. it may be improbable, but it's not impossible.

Win or lose, this team will turn a huge profit thanks to the NFL, TV contracts, etc...etc....2-14 or 14-2 doesn't really matter much in the grand scheme of things.

I think this team has a lot of players in place to make a legit SB run. The defense should continue to be top 5, they'll have solid DL play, good LB play, depth in the secondary...offensively they have 2 good WR's, a up and coming TE, decent pass blocking. If they can get the run game going and if Dalton can improve...they can compete.

The AFC is pretty wide open. I think Denver made some great moves going all in behind Peyton, but after that...with some improvement in running and maybe a little less Dalton (maximizing his strengths, and not relying on him to chuck it 40+ times a game), the Bengals are not far off. The curse, of course, is actually getting a win in the playoffs.

 

[DanBengalfan]

all they need to do is fool the public.
Can anyone really see Andy Dalton holding a superbowl trophy? he's not Joe Flacco, lol.

 

[Cincyfan78]

all they need to do is fool the public.
Can anyone really see Andy Dalton holding a superbowl trophy? he's not Joe Flacco, lol.

Again, no they don't. They are getting paid no matter what. Bottom line is you can't own an NFL team and lose money. It's just not possible unless you piss it away on drugs, gambling, etc...

Nope. But I didn't think we'd ever see Dilfer hold one, and he did.

 

[bengaldoug]

Win or lose, this team will turn a huge profit thanks to the NFL, TV contracts, etc...etc....2-14 or 14-2 doesn't really matter much in the grand scheme of things.

I think this team has a lot of players in place to make a legit SB run. The defense should continue to be top 5, they'll have solid DL play, good LB play, depth in the secondary...offensively they have 2 good WR's, a up and coming TE, decent pass blocking. If they can get the run game going and if Dalton can improve...they can compete.

The AFC is pretty wide open. I think Denver made some great moves going all in behind Peyton, but after that...with some improvement in running and maybe a little less Dalton (maximizing his strengths, and not relying on him to chuck it 40+ times a game), the Bengals are not far off. The curse, of course, is actually getting a win in the playoffs.

Losing Collins and MJ were huge blows to the depth. Before those two losses it could have been contended that the Bengals had the best and deepest roster in the AFC. If they simply made Dalton play out his contract they could have kept both Collins and MJ. They could have spent a higher draft pick on a quarterback in case Dalton had a huge year and became unsignable. (ha-ha) If he had a similar year to last year or the one before he would have been easily signable or they could have his replacement there ready to go. It is a good contract. The only thing better would have been to do it next year. JMO, of course.....

 

[DanBengalfan]

it's the exception to the rule.

get ready for this discussion topic: "Where did we go wrong?"