2017 Free Agents

[kevin]

(11-28-2016, 07:48 PM)bengalguy71 Wrote: 1.  Who do you say should get signed, other than Nugent.  
2.  Who do you think Brown will sign, other than Nugent.

1.  Not sure if Whit intends to stay or has another year left.  I would say Kirkpatrick, Zeitler, and Burkhead, maybe Thompson.
2.  I say he signs everyone except Nugent, Winston, Brown, Boykin?, and LaFell.

2017 Free Agents
Andrew Whitworth LT 34
Domata Peko DT 32
Brandon LaFell WR 30
Dre Kirkpatrick CB 27
Kevin Zeitler G 26
Mike Nugent K 34
Eric Winston RT 33
Cedric Peerman RB 30
Margus Hunt DE 29
Wallace Gilberry DE 31
Brandon Thompson DT 27
Chykie Brown CB 29
Brandon Boykin CB 26
Rex Burkhead RB 26

This is a good post.  I never know where to find these contract things that are correct.  I was just looking at CBS Draft Prospects and I do not like the Top 5 for us.  You are right.  Who do we keep ? .......Then, what free agents do we add ? .....and then the draft......I'm going to streamline this......Kirkpatrick and Zeitler MUST BE KEPT due to top draft picks and still in their 20's. .....I would NOT try to resign any of the rest.  I repeat, I would NOT try to resign any of the rest. .......The rest suffer from getting old or some youth of questionable ability including Burkhead who is way over rated on these posts....The Bengals always resign too many stiffs and let the best leave. I would do the opposite keeping the draft picks Kirkpatrick and Zeitler. I would not scuttle that years draft. .....The combined money of letting the others go is massive. It is the large amount of money needed to try to get to the Super Bowl ASAP with AJ Green, Atkins and Dunlap. .....So I would resign only two, and then look to adding free agents and draft picks. This team will win 3 or 4 games this year and it is time to fill the holes on this team. ...Hopefully the drafted Offensive Tackles develop. We need to add more talent to the O line.....We are in dire need of a top pick LB because we have avoided drafting one way too many years.....Burkhead NEVER will be any NFL teams star RB and I feel him and Peerman are a dime a dozen.  College turns out many RBs as good as these stiffs every year, many undrafted. 

So good post of names.....and I say only keep Kirkpatrick and Zeitler due to age and talent.....and take the money of the others and run.  Use this money to get back in the play-off hunt after this 3 or 4 win season.   We have a decent defense and could use drafting a LB, but we have a decent defense.....We have some offensive weapons but the O line needs a kick in the pants. Zeitler must be kept.  The drafted Tackles developed. Linemen drafted. Hopefully a free agent from another team. WE NEED BLOCKING.   

I will add the Offensive Coordinator is awful.  I do not see us winning with him.  Many want Coach Lewis fired.  Look, if he was fired, and new coach is going to get rid of the old players and all the coach and fan favorite stiffs anyway.....NOW is the time to keep Kirkpatrick and Zeitler and use the money of the others to quickly rebuild. ....Sadly Whitworth and Peko are getting old. Their blocking and tackling skills on the decline only to get worse with age. Those contracts alone create large money to get top talent. They were Great Bengals and it is hard to say it is time to move on, but it is time to move on. This 3 or 4 win season demands it. We have the defense to be a power in 2017 with the right moves.

I keep Zeitler because he is the best offensive lineman we have now.....I keep Kirkpatrick because he is the best CB we have now....As for Dennard and Jackson, I hope they develop...If any CB is the odd man out, it is Pacman Jones of age and declining skills....I'll add that I would draft an Alabama Linebacker in Round One. I would solve that problem quick and fast and then devote the rest of the draft to mostly the problems of this awful offense.