Draft Needs

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(11-15-2023, 04:43 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Yep exactly.

And not to mention the Bengals typically like to keep $10-15 mill in cap going into the draft too, so they can't afford to (or won't) spend $50+ mill on just 3 guys when they have other needs.

I think the more likely scenario is 1 guy, possibly 2, will be retained.

I lean on the most likely to retain being Jonah Williams, as long as he's willing to stay at RT.
Higgins would be second-most likely but he will be the most expensive.
Reader I don't think has a high likelihood (at least not at his same or higher price point) because he'll be 30 years old and Bengals don't sign old FAs.

As much as I love Tee, DT and RT are more important.  Just harder to find.  Get the draft pick from Tee and draft a speedster with the pick.  Reader and Jonah can play for a while yet, and besides Hill no one but Reader is worth a darn in the middle.  Those players are hard to find.