Core looking great!

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(05-31-2017, 01:01 PM)wildcats forever Wrote: Guess it comes down to one of those 'nice' dilemmas to have. Erickson's contribution is one that I'm looking at when deciding who to keep if 6 is the number. The vision and savvy he displayed as a rookie are attributes that don't come along all that often, and as you point out he does provide decent backup at slot. I'm not sure if we've seen his limit yet. 7 might be the number if the front office is thinking this is LaFell's last year with us, assuming Core and Malone deliver on their potential.

We are looking pretty strong on paper at the skill positions this year. 

Based on what I've been reading, it seems that the Bengals are leaning towards keeping 7 and going lighter at some other position.  I wouldn't mind this one bit.  I'd rather keep our good players, even if they're not on the active game day roster, than lose them to other teams after we've developed them for nothing.  I'm kind of hoping that Brandon Wilson and Joe Mixon can maintain or do better than Erickson, so that we could trade Erickson to another team and get an offensive lineman for depth (not a likely scenario) or a decent player at some other spot.  Keeping 7 if no trade materializes is IMO, the correct move, as it provides some insurance against injury, and we can have 6 good WRs next year, once LaFell is cut or phased out slowly.  It would be a shame to develop a 6th rounder like Core or an undrafted free agent like Erickson only to see them produce for another team at a low cost.