Tyler Boyd

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(02-14-2022, 07:16 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: I pointed this out during the Chase/Sewell debates last year.

I said someone (between Chase, Mixon and Boyd) would get pinched on touches, and that it'd most likely be Boyd.

It wasn't quite as drastic as I thought, but he did outright disappear from the offense at times.

I agree he's overpaid at this point, but unless we're strapped for cash, I change my mind about trading him. We have a ton of cap space to fix this o-line, etc. If we ever need the money though, or can trade him for a good lineman, I'd definitely do it.

He's just not that important to the offense anymore. Any decent slot guy will suffice.

Honestly, we don't need the cap space to put together a solid OL in FA.  Going off of PFF's (Boo, Hiss) FA contract estimates, we could get...

Connor Williams/LG/Cowboys-3 years/$20 mil 
James Daniels/RG/Bears-5 years/$50 mil 
Ben Jones/C/Titans-3 years/$20 mil 
Trent Brown/RT/Patriots-2 years/$20 mil 

With Jonah, that is not a world beater OL, but there are good starters at every position.  If we went by PFF grade, the starting OL would look like...

LT-J.Williams-77.5
LG-C.Williams-76.1
C-Jones-77.8
RG-Daniels-71.0
RT-Brown-77.6

...and the 4 new FA starters would account for under $35 mil in AAV, leaving over $30 mil to resign guys and make other moves.  Obviously, these are example players and estimated deals, but an OL overhaul is very possible as long as the Bengals stick to B tier FA's and don't chase the Armstead's and Scherff's that will be hitting the market.