Bengals Could Free Up 86 Mil for New Players

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(11-12-2019, 11:27 PM)kevin Wrote: Or they could rebuild in the draft,  and resign some young players such as Mixon.  Resign some young guys on team maybe worth keeping.  The Bills LT and LB show Bengals don't do very well in free agency.   

If they resign a few key young players, instead of 86 million, it could be more around 60 to 70 million they have for new players.  If they say the window closed on Dalton to Green, those 2 alone free up 31 million.  Again, team is 1-16 since mid 2018.   A new Decade is coming.  It might be time to put an end on the 2011 team hopes, and some others on team. 

The thing about the draft is...EVERY TEAM drafts. And other teams have 2 to 3 times the player personnel department guys scouting that we do preparing for that draft.

I think you are grossly underestimating what it will cost to retain guys.

Mixon will get probably atleast $10-12 million a year IF we want to keep him. We'll need to overpay.
AJ Green $15-17 million a year.
William Jackson will cost $10-12 million a year.
Dennard $6-8 million.
Hopkins could cost $8-10 million a year.
Billings $4-6 million a year.

Those guys right there are about $60 million a year.

Then, Eifert...they seem to like bringing back or they would have traded him. $4-5 million a year.
Vigil is a free agent. I assume they let him walk. You never know here.

Then, Brandon Wilson and Fej are restricted. With Wilson's kick returning, they need to keep him.

And who knows what they do with Andy. We assume they'll trade him. They might want him here to mentor a young QB. Andy is actually being too good of a teammate on Finley...

And teams will pay these guys. They know that coaching is bad here and that these guys can play...much like Justin Smith and Joseph.