Myles Murphy started to show some life late last season, which is why it was a bit of a surprise when the Cincinnati Bengals decided against exercising his fifth-year option.
But, according to de facto GM Duke Tobin, that doesn’t mean they are looking to move on.
“He’s a 24-year-old guy that’s just starting to scratch the surface,” Tobin said in a press conference, per Bengals.com. “He’s a guy that we believe in. He’s going to be a big part of what Al [Golden] and his staff does… The organization believes in Myles and will continue to explore a long-term relationship.“
So why didn’t they just keep him around?
Here’s what Geoff Hobson wrote:
That makes sense in general, and it especially makes sense after the Bengals really pushed themselves to their spending limit this offseason with the trade for Dexter Lawrence.
We talked about the change in approach to spending of Duke Tobin and Katie Blackburn in our recent show.
