Don't Worry Keels, The World Needs Ditch Diggers Too.

Via ProFootballTalk, we get this morsel of information. HippopataSmith has a weight clause tied into his contract.  According to Florio's source, every game that Smith weighs over 350 lbs. and is also inactive, he only gets half of his original paycheck for that game. If he is over 350 and plays, he gets the whole thing. So not only did Mikey and Katie sink Alvin Keels slotting system ship, they also got in writing a novel no fatties clause. Mikey Boy twotted that he must break Keels and he did.

Of course when you look at the whole situation the Bengals still lose. Smith held out for too long to be ready for the opening of the season. The line will have to switch up midseason to accomodate Smith when he is ready, ruining their continuity. And the Bengals might lose ballgames because of it.  

Comments

[Robinsgr]

Bengals rookies hold out so often that the Bengals, themselves, are the real losers. Once the player signs, he gets his paychecks when the regular season starts. Smith, like so many previous rookies, only loses the pre-season game paychecks, which used to be $2,000 per game (I don't know what the pay rate is now). This is chump change for NFL players. But the holdout prevents the player from contributing sustantially in his rookie season. So are the Bengals (a.k.a. Mike Brown) better off saving a few million, or worse off because they pay a few million to a player that does not contribute in their rookie season? I'm sure MB doesn't care. This argument is just another "theme" to him.

[Tommy <3's Da Bengals]

LOL, this is unbelievable.

[Rk]

Mike brown ruins the Professional carrers of two men in one sitting. 1 Hippo has to play here 2 Alvin b/c of that deal will likeley never get a first rounder again.

[Mockenrue]

Not that we should feel any sympathy for the likes of Alvin Keels, mind you.

[BMN]

This is a ""Cutting off the nose to spite the face" move.

"We don't want him to be overweight, let's really finagle with the contact to ensure he'll never be overweight."

a) If he needs this incentive to not be overweight, he's probably not the player you want.
b) All the time spent haggling over this contract could have been spent dragging his a$$ to camp to ensure he wouldn't have anything remotely resembling weight problems to begin with.

[kybengalsfan]

Andre, get another agent fast man. Hell I could have gotten you a better deal than that!

[PAl]

Well, Smith just fractured his foot in a "non contact" drill so another typical draft bust for Mikey. AT least he won HIS Super Bowl, the contract bowl.

[BMN]

...and then Andre goes and "fractures his foot." Poetic, really.

[Rich]

You have got to be fucking kidding me.

[Rich]

A 350 pound guy doesn't recover from anything in a couple of weeks.

[Jordan]

After reading the comments I thought you all were just joking about the foot fracture just to smite Mike Brown and his draft busts in recent years. And then... I checked out Bengals.com and low and behold he did break his foot! Ahh Hahaha ROFL!!! Wow! Thats Karma for you Mikey Boy! LMAO

[Theme-Creator]

Well, look at it this way. Mike Brown now has his built in excuse for why the team does not win this year. Mark my words, in the upcomming off-season (sad we are already talking about that) the Bengals will come out and say that they will be much improved and ready to win now that Andre is back. They will blame this year on a rash of injuries that only happens to them.....We have all heard the story before...I think Mike and Andre deserve each other.

[rich]

Theme,
That guy doesn't need Andre Smith as an excuse. He is an excuse-o-matic. He generates excuses for losing like politicians lie. It is breathtakingly effortless.

[Wyatt]

And, with the Bengals crack training staff (sarcasm intended) and their vast amount of experience with foot fractures, Andre Smith may actually develop into a decent lineman in his third season (assuming JJoe is actually healthy this year, and not just saying that at the beginning of the season like he has the last two). Beautiful.

[mike_brown_is_evil]

Evil S*O*B Mike Brown doesn't *need* built-in excuses for Bungles suckery. He's creative in that way. At most six wins. Mark it down.

[JM]

Does it not seem obvious that Andre had a fractured foot before he signed and Keels just pulled off the best deal they he could possibly get when you're a guy selling damaged goods?

Mike may have offered him minimum wage if he thought he could get a fractured foot discount. Keels just jackpot fucked mfb! It looked completely the other way around until now.

I love it when a crook gets robbed.

Buck Mike Frown!