Reports are Bengals lose Whitworth, Zeitler, Kirkpatrick

[muskiesfan]

The sad part is that I am still holding out hope that they will at least bring one of these guys back. Unfortunately, there is a possibility that all 3 could be gone.

On the flip side, it's our faults. The Bengals straight up told us their plan is to spend $15m and we kept thinking that was crazy talk. They may spend it over it, but not if they lose all 3. They'll do the bare minimum, rely on the draft, sign a couple of camp cuts, and roll on from there. We should've expected this. This is exactly what the Steelers, Patriots, and Ravens do, right?

When you have $43m in cap space and are being told by the team AND media that you can't afford your own guys, something's wrong. Obviously everyone knows this team is straight garbage when it comes to free agency, but we as fans hold out hope that one year they'll get it right. The media knows they're not going to spend. The free agents know they're not going to spend. Our players know they're not going to spend.

The Bengals could easily be using $30m this year, but instead have decided to be cheap (big ***** surprise) yet again.