Zeke to the Bengals?

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(03-24-2023, 04:59 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: I mean, you qualified it to "major." What does that mean? If you mean a starter level player, I agree. The only starting spot not accounted for presently is TE, and I think that gets filled in the draft. 

I mean, given Jonah's trade request & Collins' injury, RT could become an issue. But given we have 7 OTs on the roster (Brown, Williams, Collins, Carman, Adeniji, Ford, Smith) I think a significant FA OT signing is not gonna happen. Maybe a minor one if Jonah goes AND Collins looks to be a ways out AND Carman/Adeniji/Ford/Smith don't look good. But we could also draft OT if Wright falls to us at #28. 

I think a significant signing at CB is likely before the draft. Chido is coming off a big injury and our depth is currently Jalen Davis & Allan George. Apple & Flowers are both still out there. As are some quality vet CBs. I'd wager we are willing to bring Apple back, but only at a certain price point. I could see waiting until after the draft, but we know we can make deep runs with him at CB2/CB1, he is good value. Circle back to George/Flowers for the last boundary spot if we don't pick a CB in the draft. It is a deep CB class. 

We have open spots at TE1, RB2, TE2, CB4, & OG4. Upgrades at TE3, WR depth, DT depth, DE5, CB5, and punter could also happen. As could big cuts/trades that free up space (Jonah, Collins, Mixon). Though atm, I think the preference of the team is to keep all 3.

There is a guy who claims to have sources in the building who posts on Cincy Jungle. He was in early on the Brown signing. He was out on the early reports of signing Scott & said we wanted to meet with Rapp first. He preferred Rapp personally, but we went with Scott after meeting with both. Pretty good track record. He usually avoids naming names until the deal is done or if it is already public domain. 

His take is that Elliot's camp reached out. Bengals have interest but only in a limited role and limited price point. Which I read to mean Perine's role. Ball in Elliot's court atm. But who knows what other interest he has or if we stand firm where we are. 

FWIW, he said the Bengals are still having conversations with players at TE, CB, DL, RB, and QB. Feel free to disbelieve, of course.

That follows along with what I’ve mostly heard. And sounds like that guys knows some stuff.