April 11, 201610 yr Think you're taking my comments wrong and if I typed it wrong, my apology. I know they wanted Jones back and made a nice offer for sure. To keep him however, they were going to have to overpay because of his desire to be a 1. They were not going to overpay though. I think ultimately they'd overpay for Eifert over jones. Eifert is a rarer commodity than Jones. I do worry however about Green staying healthy and Eifert for that matter. Also, I'm still not sold on Green's ability in big games. He sure has games where there is little production. The Lions offered Jones number 1 money like the Lions did. So the Bengals were more than willing to pay Jones top money to be the number 2 wr and 3Rd passing option. Most times you never see a player leave a winning team that drafted him if that team at least matches what others would offer him. I think the Bengals fully believed once they matched the Lions offer that he wouldn't leave. I think you are reading way to much into things. I don't think Eifert even crossed their mind in their negotiations because his negotiations wouldn't have effected Eifert. His negotiations would have only effected their ability to bring some defensive players back. If they sign Jones they may not sign one or two of the defensive players. However would have spent around the same amount total that they have this off season. Eifert played nothing into it. The Bengals offering to match the 8 million a year was them willing to overspend to keep him.
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