The Bengals Backed Out Of A Trade Yesterday After Finding Out From Someone On Twitter That It Was Going To Cost Them An Additional 3rd Round Pick - Coward GM Duke Tobin Then Had Zac Taylor Speak For Him Today In Front Of The Media
Yesterday morning the Bengals added some depth to their linebacker core and acquired Arnold Ebiketie. Not an Earth shattering move by any means, but with Cashius Howell needing surgery it was a good add to the defense as they continue to push for an AFC North title.
Well, while the trade was for a 6th rounder, OverTheCap's Nick Korte on Twitter was quick to note that this was also going to erase Cincy's 3rd round comp pick that was due for Trey Hendrickson's offseason departure. Incredibly enough, no one in the Bengals front office seemed to know about this.
An hour later the Bengals backed out of the trade…
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Seems pretty obvious the Bengals learned about all this from a guy on Twitter. INSANE. How could that possibly happen? You're an NFL franchise worth $8 BILLION. What GM are you employing who doesn't know your comp pick situation? Nobody picked up on this?
Well fast forward ahead to today, how did GM Duke Tobin handle this situation? Obviously he stood up in front of a podium and took it on the chin, right? Nope, he had Zac Taylor get up there on his behalf and take on the fire by himself.
It's one thing to totally fuck up a team's trade deadline deal, but you can't even face the media afterwards? What the fuck is that? Be more of a coward, you can't. I respect Taylor for at least saying, “Duke was very explicit with how he wanted this portrayed. Im not comfortable doing this but I'm going to do what he asks.” Dude is furious he had to talk about this in Tobin's place. Would love to be a fly on the wall of those two talking before the press conference, I'm sure they're on the same page and everything is fine.
P.S. I feel like if this trade was agreed to and then you back out for a reason that doesn't have to do with medicals or any of that, they should make you do the trade. This isn't fantasy football, you're a professional organization.