TRENCHES

[SunsetBengal]

(03-12-2024, 03:37 PM)ochocincos Wrote: There are still a few options out there.

The RT options at this point though are basically re-sign Jonah Williams or get a 30+ year old stopgap in George Fant (familiarity with Pollack) or Trent Brown.

For DT, they could maybe sign Rankins on a 1-year or 2-year deal.
Teair Tart or Sebastian Joseph-Day will probably come cheap and would be an ok NT.
You also have guys like Derrick Nnadi or Tim Settle who may just need a change of scenery to do better than they had in their original teams that drafted them.

The problem is that none of those guys are the classic NT type that we need for facing these run heavy AFCN offenses.  If we don't sign DJ Reader back, the one I would trust to hold his own the best from that group would be Sheldon Rankins.

If I were the Bengals, I would be planning on signing Tupou just to have a NT on the team, doing some hard negotiation with DJ Reader's agent and medical team, and plan on making a move in the draft to land T'Vondre Sweat.