La Canfora: Bengals and Adam Jones Negotiating A Multi-Year Deal
by Josh Kirkendall on May 5, 2010 4:51 PM EDT
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PrintThe question of whether or not to sign Adam Jones wasn't just conjectured, it was, at one point, a certainty. And it still appears to be so certain that both player and team are just putting together the finishing touches on the contract. So when it was reported that Jones would go home to discuss it with family, the same question popped in my head as I'm sure yours. Why would Jones need to discuss anything? Being out of football last year, he should be thrilled that anyone would be interested enough.
Jason briefly pointed this out last night that I wanted to point out today. See, it's one thing to sign Jones to a minimal contract for a veteran. A few hundred thousand in singles is good change and it's an opportunity for a comeback.
No. Apparently it's more than just that.
According to NFL.com, the Bengals and Jones are negotiating a multi-year deal.
Jones' representative, Ray Savage, had several conversations with the Bengals during the cornerback's visit, the source said, and the sides have the nucleus of a multiyear deal in place.
Whether or not said multi-year deal is worth much isn't known. If this is a two-year deal for several million in singles then it's still a manageable cut if he elects to take on Darth Zimmer. For one, there's no salary cap implications because there's no salary cap. Two, it doesn't hurt the team's fundamental plan at long-term success. Still, it does make you pause slightly more than before when you thought this was a one-and-done deal to bolster the team's depth.
Don't you love all of these Adam Jones posts? And if you ask who Adam Jones is, then you'll get a gold star.
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The bad thing is most of the strip joints are in Covington
and we all know how Covington/Kenton County cops like to snatch up them Bengals..
mike jonesssssssssss
hands out phone number in rap songs
Re.
Obviously you guys aren’t familiar with one of the songs that made the rapper Mike Jones famous..
miiiikkkeeee jooooooooooooooness
who is mike jones? i is mike jones…..
miiiiiiiiikkeeeeee joooooooooooooooooooneeesssssss
3 yards and a pile of dust
this has gone too far
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by Joe Goodberry on May 6, 2010 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions
My 2 cents
Still thinking about this deal, and the more that I think about it, the harder and harder it is to fault the Bengals for going for it. All he needs to do is to be able to cover the following people: Mark Clayton, or Donte Stallworth; Brian Robiske or Chansy Stuckey; Arnaz Battle or Antwan Radall El. By the way, if you didn’t figure it out yet, I’m just taking the #3 and 4 guy from each AFC North teams WR depth chart. That’s not exactly a list that strikes fear into people
This is our year!
Also will probably have to cover guys like
Dallas Clark (Colts), Anthony Gonzalez (Colts), Pierre Garcon, (Colts) Jerico Cotchery (Jets), Reggie Bush (Saints), Devery Henderson (Saints), and Robert Meachem (Saints) just to name a few. I still agree with you though. He should still be able to cover most of these players if asked too. A guy like Dallas Clark will more than likely see a Safety on him for the most part or he would have help given the size. Either way though I like it, more and more. I mean the Bengals are going out and making their team better from a depth standpoint. Honestly when its all said and done we could potentially have one of the deepest rosters on Defense. Especially if they end up signing another Safety. Jones supposedly looked good. If you figure that Zimmer will get the most out of him there is no reason to think that he won’t produce on the field, even though its been over a year since he’s played. He should have a full offseason with the team and a full Training Camp and 5 preseason games. He should definitely be ready for the season. We could potentially have the best Defense in the league. I’m not sure it will show on the stats with some of the Offenses we play but if we can get a consistent pass rush it would not surprise me at all!
Absolutely disgusting!!
Can’t believe that ANY NFL team would consider signing Jones — the absolute scum of the earth. I honestly believe that Mike Brown’s standards have reached such a low point that he would hire directly from the state penitentiary if he could. Feel sorry for Marvin Lewis having to associate with so many scum-bags on a daily basis.
by 49erFanSince1950 on May 5, 2010 6:53 PM EDT reply actions
Marvin most likely signed off on this move
The reason I say that is because Obviously Mike Zimmer did. They seem to be on the same page on things like this. I think Zimmer ended up setting it up to bring him in and this would only happen if he Marvin Lewis was on board with it, IMO. Brown obviously has final say but I think Marvin and Zim have more pull than any coach I can remember with Mike Brown.
Or what about...
the looming expiring contracts for JJo and Hall? Suppose we sign one, let the other walk. Ghee becomes the No. 2 guy, Pacman is depth. Maybe that’s the long-term angle.
by Pardon_My_French on May 5, 2010 7:05 PM EDT reply actions
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Is Ghee a talent like Pacman.. Maybe there’s some competition for the both.. If this is a long term deal like reports are saying it’s easily identifiable that JJO will likely be given the opportunity to sign big somewhere else..
Hopefully we can sign JJO and Hall but....
I think thats where the multi year deal is coming into play. That way we don’t have to worry about both of them leaving. Hopefully we can sign JJo but if not this gives us more options. Ghee and Jones can battle it out for the starting job. Hopefully JJO signs back. Even if we lost Hall. Atleast that would give us one more year of them together and would ensure that we had ATLEAST one of them. If he ends up leaving then you HAVE to sign Hall and if for some reason you can’t or don’t then you have lost both. I would rather go ahead and lock up JJO, it makes the most sense to me.
Ocho Cinco says it it so ...
therefore it is so
Also Ocho Cinco outlasted Pam Anderson on Dancing With the Stars !
Cinci’s HC likes to bring in players with bagge and a chip on their shoulder
They have more to prove and he can get it out of them
Pac is still only 25
Wocka Wocka Wocka !
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
correct age...
is 26. he turns 27 in September
Ocho has been known to be uhmm wrong..
I’m not knocking Ocho, but he also said TO would be in stripes so just because he says it doesn’t make anything so.. He also said if Reevis shut him down he would change his name back to Johnson.. That’s two knocks right from the get go.. I’m sure if we all tried enough we could find a few bushels of Chad BS to go around.. ;)
TO is coming to town!
I predict TO will lead the Bengals to a Super Bowl on a broken leg
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
There is nothing but upside to this deal.
Looking at his early career, if he is healthy, he has the potential to be a number 1 corner in the league and a devastating punt return man.
If he doesn’t cut it he’s gone, so not really a risk here. With Jones, Jjoe and Hall we would immediately have the best overall group of corners in the North maybe the AFC. The guy is young and probably more mature with something to prove, sound familiar to us.
Now if we can just shore up the Safety position next year is really falling into place.
"You shouldn't throw rocks at a man with a machine gun." - Rowdy Roddy Piper
maybe it will give us an edge...
if the opposition thinks one or two of our guys might stick them with a shiv in the tunnel after the game.
I don’t know, fellas. I’m all for second chances and becoming more mature and learning from your mistakes and blah blah blah, but this guy has shown over the years he’s a proven, habitual, dyed-in-the-wool scum-bag. And that non-sense from Zim about ‘he looked me in the eye and shook my hand’ is PR bullshit for the papers (which Zimmer should be doing).
I know you can’t win, or even fill out a roster, in the NFL with 53 choir boys. But I’m gonna have a heck of a time rooting for this guy on Sundays.
by Bengals NFL Champs on May 5, 2010 11:12 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
One INT
That’s all it will take for Cincinnati to start rooting for him.
Also – One arrest – That’s all it will take for him to get shown the door.
This is our year!
I'll be rooting for him as soon as he signs
I thought thats what we did as fans. Root for our team to win. If he’s on our team then we will be rooting for him. He may not be a fan fav but I think most fans will atleast hope he does good. Will fans actually hope he fails? That just hurts the team. At this point once he’s signed its time to support him and all of our players, IMO.
Of course you will – You’re a diehard fan. But not everybody is going to be happy with the signing, and until he starts producing people are probably going to b***h about it.
This is our year!
I'll be rooting for him
to be a great player… and to get his s*** together. We’ll see how this latest reclamation project goes.
+1
I agree that most people will be complaining about the signing but honestly, SO WHAT! Serioulsy I don’t care what they are saying and it appears that the Bengals Organization doesn’t. Atleast they are trying to improve. What do you think personally? Are you going to root for him? Even if you are against it before they signed him? Just wondering, by the way.
+1
I root for all Bengals players from the day that they sign, until the day that they retire (if they retire a Bengal) – Who Dey! (That doesn’t necessarily mean that I like them though).
This is our year!
Plus
We don’t even need him to be a #1 corner. If he plays like a #2 even, than that makes our D really tough. I hope he does play like a #1 but he doesn’t even need too. Oh and through Ghee into your mix. If he stays at CB I really like his potential. We may end up having the deepest Defense in the league (if we do get some Safety help).
I have visions of PacMan eating tiny whitr dots and making video game sounds as he cuts
past defenders on punt returns
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
I have visions of him in teh back of a squad car after being tasered
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel
is just a freight train coming your way.
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