Post by sdm3 on Oct 30, 2019 22:41:48 GMT
In his first interview since being benched, Dalton definitely didn't sound happy about the decision. For one, the Red Rifle called out the Bengals for the timing of the benching, which came just hours before the NFL's 4 p.m. ET trade deadline. Dalton, who rarely says anything that's even remotely controversial, made it clear that if he was going to be benched, he would have liked it to happen well before the deadline so that his agent could've worked out a possible trade to get him out of Cincinnati.
"I think that's an unfortunate thing," Dalton said of the timing, via the team's official website. "It happened three hours before the trade deadline. If [coach Zac Taylor] was thinking about it, at least let us try to see if I could end up somewhere else or at least see if there was interest in possibly getting traded at that point. The way it was all handled, there wasn't enough time to even have that happen."
Dalton also said that he never got a chance to talk to anyone in the front office, which made it harder to possibly get any type of potential trade in place.
"I haven't had a chance to [talk to anyone in the front office]," Dalton said. "I know my agent was trying to figure out what we could do in those last remaining couple of hours before the trade deadline."
CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora reported on Wednesday that "some key members of the Brown family were on vacation in Switzerland" before the deadline, which definitely isn't an ideal time to be taking a vacation if you work in an NFL front office.
"I think that's an unfortunate thing," Dalton said of the timing, via the team's official website. "It happened three hours before the trade deadline. If [coach Zac Taylor] was thinking about it, at least let us try to see if I could end up somewhere else or at least see if there was interest in possibly getting traded at that point. The way it was all handled, there wasn't enough time to even have that happen."
Dalton also said that he never got a chance to talk to anyone in the front office, which made it harder to possibly get any type of potential trade in place.
"I haven't had a chance to [talk to anyone in the front office]," Dalton said. "I know my agent was trying to figure out what we could do in those last remaining couple of hours before the trade deadline."
CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora reported on Wednesday that "some key members of the Brown family were on vacation in Switzerland" before the deadline, which definitely isn't an ideal time to be taking a vacation if you work in an NFL front office.
The Bengals rarely get mentioned as among the worst front offices/ownership situations in the league, perhaps because they share a state with the Browns who've hogged all the attention in that area for decades. But they should.