Gotta Keep Building through FA

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(10-06-2020, 10:54 AM)ochocincos Wrote: WJ3 would be my priority for re-signing. The pass defense is actually good this year. WJ3 and Bates are the biggest contributors to that.
Lawson is worth extending too, but only to a point.

I would bet though that re-signing both of these guys would eat up the available cap the Bengals would have for outside FAs.
So cuts/trades/restructures might have to be made for this team to push for playoffs next year.

The Bengals need at least 1 upgrade on OL, and one could argue 1-2 more beyond that. They should be able to get 1-2 in the draft, but that'd be taking away from other positions. So addressing in FA might be needed.

Moving on from Atkins and Dunlap would free up ~$20 mill in cap space for 2021. $13.5 mill would be freed up for 2022.
To me, this year is big for both of them to justify keeping them at their contract amount.

Harder said than done. The Bengals are a big "?" at defensive tackle because of the injuries and the 2021 FA defensive tackle market is scarce. Their best bet is to add one in the draft and keep Geno for at least another year.