02-05-2024, 05:05 PM
(02-05-2024, 02:39 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: We gave $70 mil on cap space, over $50 functionally. Without a cut or restructure of anyone. We will tag him. Early on.
(02-05-2024, 02:59 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: They for sure drafted in 2023 to at the least replace Boyd with Jones and adding depth with Iosivas similar to what the Packers did in 2022, I don't see them just cutting Higgins, so at minimum they are going to probably get a 3 and later round for Higgins which then enables them to draft a WR in 2/3 this year
Seems to me like the Bengals planned for Tyler Boyd to go in 2024 and have not planned for TEE to go in 2024.
If Charlie Jones is Boyd's replacement then the Bengals are relying on a player with just 7 catches for 64 yards
in his career. Jones weighed just 175 pounds at his Combine & is yet to prove durable for an NFL Season plus Playoffs
after having heavy usage in a season. That said, he could still be the Planned Boyd replacement (just with risk)
To then let TEE leave and replace him with a rookie could be a drop off in the desired #2 production unless it is a Solid rookie
that replaces TEE & that rookie will have to prove to be NFL Season plus Playoffs durable. (more risk)
Andrei Iosivas (15 catches for 116 yards last year) & Trenton Irwin (25 catches for 316 yards in 2023) are unproven as season
long starters. (risky options)
*For a Super Bowl Run, TEE returning in 2024 (even if forced to on the Tag) seems almost like a necessity to me unless
he is replaced with a very good Free Agent -or- an easy to get up to speed rookie. (maybe even 1st round)
