03-09-2022, 03:32 PM
(03-08-2022, 05:20 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Well...I mean, I think the stuff Fred says about us having a lot of starters that are free agents that need signed...kind of goes with this theory. On paper, we appear to have a lot of cap space, but we do have free agents that need signed too. Or that creates other holes.
So we'll see. I sure hope we sign a couple external free agents to upgrade the line.
IF Reiff stayed healthy, I'd be happy bringing him back. But he didn't.
The free agent offensive lineman market is tricky. We could spend a decent amount of money on 2...and they could be minor upgrades.
Minor upgrade at RT is really all we need, Reiff wasn't terrible but Moses or Trent Brown are younger and could be upgrades.
All we need is to have decent Guard play at RG and that is a major upgrade as Adeniji was down right terrible.
(03-08-2022, 05:28 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: PFF has this as Morgan Moses contract prediction. IF you can sign him for that, I think you do it:
Contract Projection: Three years, $22.5 million ($7.5M per year, $14.5M total guaranteed)
I would happily do that. It allows us to draft our future RT either this year or the next to develop under a vet.
(03-08-2022, 08:06 PM)SuperBowlBound! Wrote: We probably can't afford All Pro's at every Off line positions. Would love to have a tone setter in Ryan Jensen though.
We just need competent Veteran players that can give us 2-3 years while we hopefully develop some of our draft talent.
I think/hope Jackson Carmen and D'Ante Smith will have a bigger impact in 2022 but neither one should be given a job.
If we could sign Moses for 7.5 mil I am all in for that.
Armstead is out of the question pretty damn sure, but other then him we can afford 3 upgrades no problem and we
need to do it as the Superbowl and the Playoffs overall blatantly shown. Agree on Jensen and Moses, that would be fine
with me and we could draft a Guard early to compete for RG while letting Carman and D'Ante battle it our at LG.
I think this would be at the very least a big upgrade.
(03-08-2022, 08:34 PM)bfine32 Wrote: None of those on our "wish list" were franchised. That means we can bid on the likes of:
James Daniels
Laken Tomlinson
Branden Schreff
Andrew Norwell
Ryan Jensen
Trent Brown
ect...
Really surprised Daniels wasn't tagged. I think he is a Bengal after this, perfect fit with his versatility and our scheme.
(03-09-2022, 11:45 AM)BenZoo2 Wrote: I don’t think we are being unrealistic about the possibilities. I think we are being about the outcome. Look at the chiefs last year. The signed thuney to a massive deal. Made a huge trade for Orlando brown and drafted creed Humphrey.
It can be done. No one knows how far they are willing to go.
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No doubt, not many of the predictions are unrealistic. Maybe the ones that have Armstead as he will be really expensive.
(03-09-2022, 11:53 AM)TecmoBengals Wrote: Ugh, I totally forgot about last offseason when the Chiefs were intentional about changing up their OL to better protect Mahomes. Fair point, our fandom desire is realistic but the outcome is not likely to meet our expectations. I'm looking forward to free agency though, it's a fun time to be a Bengals fan!
Our OL was arguably worse than the Chiefs too in the Superbowl.
Pretty much the same situation, we need to do the same or something similar.
