Divisional Round Mock

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Some of you are overly critical of FA without considering that the Bengals don't have as much to work with as some may think.
They don't have the ability to sign studs at every weak position.
They will keep at least $10 mill in cap space going into the draft too.

There are some players in FA that I probably put too much money toward, but I tried to go with what I think they'll get offered elsewhere.
One source I used was https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-2022-free-agent-rankings-free-agency
This has the following players and values:
Casey Hayward - $6.5 mill
Josey Jewell - $6 mill
BJ Hill - $8.5 mill per year
Germain Ifedi - $6.5 mill per year

I actually went somewhat lower on all those, but not by much because I could think some team could offer around that.

They have Bates as getting Franchise Tag, which is expected to be $13 mill for safety this coming year.

The other FAs are not on the list, so I'm going based on what they made this year and then increasing X amount based on this year's performance and circumstance.

As for someone saying they'd rather pay an extra $2 mill to keep Ogunjobi over Hill...why?
Ogunjobi had just 4 more QB hits and 1.5 more sacks than Hill, but Hill is by far the better run defender.
It's worth also noting that Ogunjobi had 493 pass rush snaps whereas Hill only had 326. That's over 50% more.
If Hill had the same as Ogunjobi had, there's a solid chance he'd have as many (or more) sacks and hits than Ogunjobi.