***NFL Free Agency News & Signings Thread***

[007BengalsFan]

(03-11-2024, 06:44 PM)Bengalstripes9 Wrote: Here are PFF numbers:
2023: 71.5 on a terrible team
2022: 79.3 on a bad team
2021: 87 on a decent team
2020: 84.3 (rookie year)

Personally I would love to sign Onwenu.  He is the best proven vet available at RT and he is young.  Sign him and protect Burrow's right side instead of drafting an unknown at RT.  He would be my #1 target followed by #2 getting Reader re-signed.

[Luvnit2]

(03-11-2024, 06:33 PM)Bengalstripes9 Wrote: Is Mike Onwenu a good fit for the Bengals?

Looking at the list of the top available FAs, there isn't much available.

I was hoping we would be in the mix for Chris Jones, but thought it was unlikely we land him.
I don't see much as far as top end DTs available right now. Reader is probably the best but his injury is worrisome.
I'm hoping the Bengals get the 1st DT off the board in the 1st round this year.

Other needs would be Right Tackle/Guard and Onwenu played right tackle by the sounds of it. I don't know much about him though. He is only 26..
That would eliminate the need to draft a RT high.

Seems like a lot of older vets on the top 100 list. A lot of players got re-signed late so this FA period seems less exciting than recent years.

There are plenty of good players available. Also, with big money signings become cap casualties. Anyone cut does not count against compensatory picks. 

In the past, some very good players became available through cuts.  

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

IDK the terms on Chido so hard to say.

I do like the Stone signing. Good value there. We overpaid for Sample but 3/$10.5 isn't back breaking. Almost half this year.

My Reader + L. Williams + S upgrade dream lives (knock on wood).

[*bfine32*]

(03-11-2024, 04:10 PM)Trademark Wrote: Hate to say it but the window might be closed. AFC north is continuing to get stacked while the Bengals do nothing.

Didn't age well. 

[KillerGoose]

(03-11-2024, 06:52 PM)Bengalholic Wrote:

@GenoStone22 You’re Dead to us, You’re Dead to me️ https://t.co/rbvt1qLmmo

— Lamar Jackson (@Lj_era8) March 11, 2024

Lamar isn’t being serious and is making fun of Tiki Barber, FYI. Tiki said something similar when Saquon signed with the Eagles.

[*bfine32*]

Saints free-agent LB Zack Baun plans to sign a one-year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles, per source.

Gotta say I loved this kid coming outta college, but haven't tracked him since.

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

(03-11-2024, 06:52 PM)Bengalholic Wrote:

@GenoStone22 You’re Dead to us, You’re Dead to me️ https://t.co/rbvt1qLmmo

— Lamar Jackson (@Lj_era8) March 11, 2024

Love it even more. 

[Bengalholic]

(03-11-2024, 07:16 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: Lamar isn’t being serious and is making fun of Tiki Barber, FYI. Tiki said something similar when Saquon signed with the Eagles.

Yeah, he was just trolling...hence the .

[Bengalholic]

Source: The #Giants have added a key OL, set to sign Jermaine Eluemunor to a 2-year, $14M deal.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 11, 2024

 

[Nepa]

(03-11-2024, 07:34 PM)Bengalholic Wrote:

Source: The #Giants have added a key OL, set to sign Jermaine Eluemunor to a 2-year, $14M deal.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 11, 2024

 

And the Giants also added Brian Burns in a trade with the Panthers, according to Schefter.

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

Giants trade for tagged OLB/EDGE Brian Burns from Carolina.

2nd and a 5th, reportedly.

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

(03-11-2024, 06:44 PM)Bengalstripes9 Wrote: Here are PFF numbers:
2023: 71.5 on a terrible team
2022: 79.3 on a bad team
2021: 87 on a decent team
2020: 84.3 (rookie year)

Most of that is at G. 

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(03-11-2024, 07:13 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: IDK the terms on Chido  so hard to say.

3yr/$36m, $23m guaranteed (not sure if that's actual guaranteed at signing or fake inflated for reporting guaranteed)

Either way, all more than I thought he'd get.

[Bengalholic]

Carlton Davis traded to Lions:

Trade:

?Lions receive: CB Carlton Davis, Buccaneers 2024 6th-round pick and a 2025 6th-round pick.

?Buccaneers receive: Lions 2024 third-round pick.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 11, 2024

 

[pulses]

(03-11-2024, 07:39 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Most of that is at G. 

1,500 snaps at RT is still plenty enough to know he's much better than Jonah. And his grades show he's better at RT too.

LG RG RT TE
2020 83.5 (112 snaps) 79.7 (185 snaps) 79.2 (616 snaps) 79.9 (14 snaps)
2021 81.3 (290 snaps) 60.0 (2 snaps) 84.6 (276 snaps) 78.7 (89 snaps)
2022 N/A 80.0 (1,044 snaps) N/A N/A
2023 N/A 54.0 (194 snaps) 78.6 (656 snaps) N/A

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

5 years/$150 mil deal for Burns 8n NY.

[Bengalstripes9]

(03-11-2024, 07:39 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Most of that is at G. 

Good to know. Like I said, I don't know much about him. NFL.com said he's great at guard and even better at tackle. But like I said, I haven't watched him play.

He does fit the mold of a young player (26), and he's listed as the 4th best overall player right now on NFL.com.

Are there better options out there for RT in terms of overall skill?

Are there better options out there for RT in terms of value--cost vs. how talented they are?

At this point if we can't get a home run signing, I'm expecting a lot of day 2/3 pickups of lesser known ascending players that are budget friendly. But we have lots of cap space and Tee now wants a trade, so it doesn't look likely we're spending big on him.

All in all, I might prefer signing Tee to a big deal as well as Jamarr. But if there were an elite DT or RT I think pairing that signing with Jamarr would be better. If the options aren't available then Tee would make sense in my eyes.

[pulses]

(03-11-2024, 07:48 PM)Bengalstripes9 Wrote: Good to know. Like I said, I don't know much about him. NFL.com said he's great at guard and even better at tackle. But like I said, I haven't watched him play.

He does fit the mold of a young player (26), and he's listed as the 4th best overall player right now on NFL.com.

Are there better options out there for RT in terms of overall skill?

Are there better options out there for RT in terms of value--cost vs. how talented they are?

At this point if we can't get a home run signing, I'm expecting a lot of day 2/3 pickups of lesser known ascending players that are budget friendly. But we have lots of cap space and Tee now wants a trade, so it doesn't look likely we're spending big on him.

All in all, I might prefer signing Tee to a big deal as well as Jamarr. But if there were an elite DT or RT I think pairing that signing with Jamarr would be better. If the options aren't available then Tee would make sense in my eyes.

I think they've gotta give the $$$ to Onwenu and a DT.

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

(03-11-2024, 07:46 PM)pulses Wrote: 1,500 snaps at RT is still plenty enough to know he's much better than Jonah. And his grades show he's better at RT too.

LG RG RT TE
2020 83.5 (112 snaps) 79.7 (185 snaps) 79.2 (616 snaps) 79.9 (14 snaps)
2021 81.3 (290 snaps) 60.0 (2 snaps) 84.6 (276 snaps) 78.7 (89 snaps)
2022 N/A 80.0 (1,044 snaps) N/A N/A
2023 N/A 54.0 (194 snaps) 78.6 (656 snaps) N/A

No doubt. But the scuttbutt on some Pats sites is he prefers to play guard.

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

(03-11-2024, 07:34 PM)Bengalholic Wrote:

Source: The #Giants have added a key OL, set to sign Jermaine Eluemunor to a 2-year, $14M deal.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 11, 2024

 

Dang, most know I wanted Onwenu or Eluemunor the most for our next RT...