Geno Atkins on trading block?

[*bengalfan74*]

(03-09-2021, 11:51 AM)ochocincos Wrote: I should have clarified I guess.
If Lawson is kept, I think only 1 DE, and that can be a rotational guy who can be taken in Rds 2-4 of draft.
If WJ3 and Alexander are kept, no need for starting-caliber CBs.
If Spain is re-signed, I see only 2 OL spots needing upgraded. I'd like for Spain and XSF to compete for one spot. I wouldn't trust both of them to be starting Week 1.

I don't have confidence in Atkins at this point. He's 2 years removed from a good season and is almost 33 years old. 
Why not go after a younger guy like Solomon Thomas (only 25 years old), who had just about as many pressures as Atkins did the past 3 years (Thomas 54 vs Atkins 56) but played in 6 fewer games and should come less than half of the cost?

I'm perfectly fine with Reynolds to be brought in as WR3. I like him more than some do. But I think there are some people who don't believe Higgins nor Boyd will ever be a true top-end WR1 and want someone like Chase taken.

We all know I want Pitts if Bengals take a pass catcher in Rd 1.

I don't either, age and injuries have caught up with him and it's most likely at best he's a rotational player with fairly light snap counts. And there's no way we can pay him at that level when we have so many other needs.

If Sewell is gone and perhaps even if he isn't gone ? If Chase and Pitts are both there I'd be shocked if they took Pitts over Chase.