09-11-2017, 04:55 PM
(09-11-2017, 04:53 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Believe it or not, Boling is the highest paid OL on the Bengals right now at $4.95 mill this year.
If you sort team rosters by position, the Bengals are spending the second least amount on OL ($16.8 mill) behind only the Seahawks ($16.5 mill).
I don't think it's any coincidence that the two teams who have spent the least on OL also struggled mightily on offense the first game of the season.
The Bengals have been very averse to spending a lot of cash on outside OL in the past, but the position they've been most willing to spend on outside FA for OL has been RG.
Smith was originally brought back to be the starting RG. Bobbie Williams was brought in from outside and held the RG position (relatively cheaply) from 2004-2011.
I agree on the draft being weird for centers. They sometimes do go in later half of the 1st round. However, I think the Bengals will be in a good position to get a quality center in the 2nd round, as they'll likely be picking in the top half of each round.
Gotta come away with at least two good OL in the first three rounds next year. Maybe the Bengals will go FA for a third (likely only if $5 mill a year or less).
They're probably working on an extension for Bodine as we type.
