Which position is best outside FA option for Bengals?

[*wildcats forever*]

(12-27-2016, 03:14 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: I think there's little doubt the O-line has to be addressed in the off season or we're in for another long season next year. Here's a copy and paste from the NFL website:

8. Cincinnati Bengals 

2016 record: 5-9-1 (.527) 
Top needs: C, LB, Edge 
Analysis: Cincinnati has to find a way to get its running game going, and that might mean looking for help on the interior offensive line. The Bengals could use some edge speed in order to challenge opposing tackles. Adding more athleticism at LB is a priority for the team.


And I agree, it starts at center. If we're going to make a serious run back to the playoffs we must go find a top shelf center. I agree though we also need a vet tackle in FA just for the in case's.


I wouldn't mind a top shelf LB as well like Zach Brown - Bills.


To sun it up I strongly feel to have any chance a couple upper tier FA's are a must. C, OT, LB, DE we need two of these four from the FA pool.


We all know the problem there though.

Dave Lapham was talking about Ogbuehi and Fisher having shoulder injuries, with Fisher's being bad enough to require surgery. I saw this on the embedded video in "Lewis convenes..." on the mother ship.


As it stands now, we have TJ Johnson as an RFA and our only OT talent under contract is Ogbuehi and Fisher (both with shoulder injuries). So Whit and Zeitler as free agents, Boling needing serious rehabbing over the winter, and Bodine not setting the world on fire to round out one serious assessment - we're in deep do-do OLine-wise.  

Just wondering how we emerge from this season's catastrophe without being worse in '17? Will we be able to re-sign Whit and Zeitler to maintain status quo? 
Who replaces Winston? We need more than just TJ as an oline/tackle backup. Has Bodine improved enough to keep his job? Will Fisher be healthy enough to continue progressing as our future RT? Should we even speculate about Ogbuehi having any future, now with him having 3 injuries in 2 years? Has Hopkins just been denied showing his potential, or does he need upgrading? If this doesn't get straightened, brace yourself for a lot more 12-10 type losses.