Jim O - Expect Bengals to have about $15 mill for open FA market

[BengalChris]

(03-10-2018, 07:05 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Just saw our guy Jim Owczarski post an article that we should expect the Bengals to spend no more than around $15 mill on the open FA market. This includes Bengals about to hit FA that could be re-signed (e.g. Andre, Huber, Bodine, etc).

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2018/03/10/cincinnati-bengals-xtra-how-much-team-spend-nfl-free-agency/413350002/


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Let's break it down what the team might do with $15M.


Bodine (they will overpay I am sure, so say about $6M per year and possibly a front loaded contract using up more than $6M in 2018). This leaves $9M.


They need a punter so they'll re-sign Huber for a contract similar to the one he just finished, which will be around $3.2 per year. This leaves $5.8M.


They would like to bring back Adam Jones, so let's say that offer him $3.5M. This leaves $2.2M.


That $2.2M will be used for some more dumpster diving by our GM Mikey Brown.


That's how this will go, I am pretty sure. The team could save money if they don't re-sign Huber or Adam Jones and they draft replacement.