Free Agency Approach

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(01-29-2024, 04:50 PM)Knightmare on Elm Street Wrote: We know the team is at a crossroads this upcoming offseason. The question is how do we approach this offseason, do we swing for the fences and bring in a couple A/A+ type free agents or do we take the 2021 approach and keep bringing in multiple B/B+ type free agents? Thoughts?

I don't think we see any studs brought in other than maybe TE, but that would only be if Higgins isn't in the long-term plans, I feel.

I think the more likely scenario is we see some of the internal FAs back and then get up to a few cheaper mid-tier guys to fill in remaining spots, allowing the Bengals much more flexibility in the draft.

A scenario I could see:
- Tag Higgins (WR2 short-term covered)
- Sign Reader to a 1-2 year contract (NT short-term covered)
- Sign a vet RT like Brown, Fant, or Eluemunor ($8 mill or less)
- Re-sign Hudson and Sample to cover short-term TE and draft a TE to round out the TE room