Andre Smith’s agent to meet with Bengals….again
Alvin Keels, the agent for #6-overall pick Andre Smith, will meet with Cincinnati Bengals team officials on Sunday to see if they can get any closer to a resolution that would get Smith signed and into camp. We have a feeling it won’t matter.
We all know how stupid Michael Crabtree is being in San Francisco (or… not in San Francisco) wanting more than Darrius Heyward-Bey got at the #7-overall slot. That’s just stupid. You haven’t done anything at the NFL level other than cry when you were scolded for running at OTA’s without medical clearance.
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Well, while there were some early reports before the draft that Andre Smith could potentially be a handful (and we aren’t just talking about his wonderful, bouncy breasts), he doesn’t seem to be the problem in this case. Executive vice president Katie Blackburn and the Bengals front office, however, do seem to be the problem.
They don’t want to pay him more than Heyward-Bey got, despite the fact that Smith was selected just in front of him.
Can the Bengals be this stupid? Apparently, a quick glance at their performance over the past, oh…I don’t know….almost 20 years, says that they can. There is a reason they lose every year and it’s not just because they are a halfway house for criminals. They do stupid stuff like ignore the slotting system.
So, don’t expect this meeting with the Bengals to produce much. We think it will go like this:
Keels: “We think it’s only fair to be paid less than the #5-overall pick, and more than the #7-overall pick.”
Blackburn: “No.”
Keels: “Lunchtime yet?”
Very productive. This is why the Bengals have all those Super Bowl trophies.
this guy is something else does everyone comment on football when they have no idea how it works the bengals are trying to stay close to 2008 numbers and since the economy has change a little rightfully so. the raiders way over payed and thus throw all the numbers off please do your homework first before publishing articles believe me i am in no way a fan of mike brown and his crazy family running that team in to the ground but come on is 35 million to little to play five years of football. seriously
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This is quite possibly one of the most rediculous articles I’ve read regarding the Smith holdout. The Bengals aren’t wrong in this negotiation battle. The Bengals, just like every other team in the NFL, have a rookie salary pool. They only have so much they can give Andre Smith. The Raiders apparently underpaid other slots in their draft, and gave more to Heyward-Bey. It’s not the Bengals fault that the Raiders did what they did, and it’s not fair to expect them to pay Smith more. It’s simply not realistic.
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This article is 100% correct. What kind of agent would say, it’s Ok you can pay me less than the slot? The Raiders did not overpay that much. His agent has to get him more than the #7 slot.
If the Bengals don’t like the system that’s their problem not Andre Smith and his agent. Only a Bengal fan could not see this.
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hey frank you must be a millionaire because only someone with unlimited funds would make that remark
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Mikey and Katie need to come up a little on the offer, Al Davis may have screwed things up, however offering this year’s #6 pick less then last year’s #6 pick won’t work.
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