'It’s time for the Bengals to alter their offseason mindset.'

[SunsetBengal]

(01-17-2018, 12:17 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I'd consider cutting all of the following:
Michael Johnson ($5 mill saved)
Adam Jones ($6 mill saved)
Brandon LaFell ($4 mill saved)

That would be a savings of $15 mill. Combine that with the expected savings of $39 mill and you're talking $54 mill in cap.
Plenty to bring in a good LB, WR, and/or OL while still having enough to extend Atkins and Dunlap and re-sign a few Bengals hitting FA that are worth keeping.

Why stop there?  As long as we're getting rid of mediocre players from the payroll, let's clean the house!

To your list, add:

Shawn Williams (not that great, injury prone)
Dre K  (wasted money)
Kevin Minter (we can do better)
Nick Vigil (face it, he's not developing into a star)
Hardy Nickerson (can't live off of Dad's name alone)
Cedric Ogbuehi (no explanation needed)
Fisher  (see above)
Alex Ericson (he blows as return man)
Pat Sims (we can do better)
Trey Hopkins (he sucked, even before he was injured)

*This is already assuming that we are allowing A. Smith, J. Hill, R. Bodine to all walk in FA

*ALSO*  Shit or get off the pot, when it comes to McCarron.  Trade the man, get something of value!