Time to jump into free agency

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(02-10-2016, 04:10 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: I'm more concerned with paying Zeitler 8 million for his option. We need to get an extension worked out with him. CBs are always more expensive than Gs. There was a Hobson article a couple weeks back that mentioned Zeitler's 8 mil number is something they do not like. If we can't extend him I wonder if we cut or try to trade him. Would kill our depth but we could still field a good OL even if we lost Andre too. Whit, Boling, Bodine, Fisher, Ogbuehi.

I don't think he is worth almost twice as much as Boling and more than Whit. We need to cut Zeitler's number in half. No way he should be the 4th highest paid player on the team.

Zeitler hasn't lived up to draft expectations, but at least he's good. Maybe not $8m good, but I think it's certainly a more tolerable situation to swallow than Kirkpatrick for $7.5m.

Would be pretty rough if they traded him, but if there's zero chance of getting a long term deal done (not saying there isn't, just saying if), perhaps it'd be better to seek a trade? I highly doubt they'll cut him. Even if it's a tough cap hit, they're nowhere near close enough to the cap right now (even if Hobson says they need to save $20m for the draft and injuries) to warrant cutting the guy.

That said, I really hope Bodine isn't the starting center again. Would love for a good guy to replace him around in the 3rd or so.