Originally posted by Otter:Originally posted by AB83Rules:Originally posted by Oakland-Niner:
So I went to the "offical" Bengals message board and found this;
http://boards.bengals.com/showthread.php?t=83987&page=2
One of the posters said Clements signed with the Bengals for 10million over 2 years with 6 guarenteed? Can anyone confirm?
If so, I think my head will explode. He was defintily worth that contract. In fact, we probably could of got him for cheaper just because he was already here.....
from what I know, he did get a 10.5M or so deal with the 6M guaranteed over 2 yrs as u stated.
Idk what it was, maybe he was upset that he was gonna be released, did he refuse to restructure, and was he upset at the team, idk.
I wish he would of stayed here. Maybe we only wanted him for 1 yr deal, I would of given him this deal. This is the only thing I am mad with. Never should of cut him without a replacement in place.
We tried to restructure his contract. Once they reached an impasse we were forced to cut him. Once cut, there was no way he was going to resign with the 49ers. I told a friend that he would actually take less elsewhere, because of the insult of being cut.
Too bad... Would have been aight to keep him at that price. He did take a lot of risks as a corner, but he certainly has some skills.