03-21-2020, 11:21 AM
(03-21-2020, 09:18 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: With all of the perceived depth in this year's WR draft class, I would expect the market for FA WRs to be lower than what they might typically expect.
Edit: The Bengals currently have $34.11M in cap hit to their top 5 listed WRs (Green, Boyd, Ross, Erickson, Tate), that is over 17% of the new salary cap of $198M. I wouldn't expect the Bengals to be adding much more to that position group, in terms of salaries. The problem with dumping a John Ross, is that his entire $5.44M cap hit would translate to dead cap in the same amount.
Good work financially, they aren't moving those top 4. The draft depth likely does lower the market, which could leave bargains that at some point you have to justify regardless of position spend.
The rumored interest in Hopkins does bring Anderson to the table. Maybe they sign Anderson as a consistent deep threat to stretch the field if Green leaves next year. They have plenty of slot options, and will likely end up with WR depth when the right value pops up. Also, a guy like Demarcus Robinson or Bradhad Perriman may have to settle for what the market has leftover. You may find a pretty good deal there.
