03-08-2024, 07:51 PM
(03-08-2024, 07:13 PM)pally Wrote: For what its worth, The Athletic's Paul Dehner did a 53 man projection including FA and draft picks.
https://theathletic.com/5324461/2024/03/08/bengals-53-man-roster-projection-2024/?source=emp_shared_article&access_token=2556982&redirected=1
Quarterbacks (2)
Starter: Joe Burrow
Backup: Jake Browning
Running backs (4)
Starter: Zack Moss (FA, Colts)
Complement: Chase Brown
3DRB: Clyde Edwards-Helaire (FA, Chiefs)
Rookie: Isaac Guerendo (Louisville, fifth round)
Wide receivers (6)
Starters: Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, Ricky Pearsall (Florida, second round)
Backups: Andrei Iosivas, Charlie Jones, Trenton Irwin
Tight ends (4)
Starter: Hayden Hurst (FA, Panthers)
Backups: Drew Sample, Tanner Hudson, Ben Sinnott (Kansas State, fourth round)
Offensive line (9)
Starters: LT Orlando Brown Jr., LG Cordell Volson, C Ted Karras, RG Alex Cappa, RT Mekhi Becton (FA, Jets)
Backups: OT JC Latham (Alabama, first round), OL Cody Ford, C/G Drake Nugent (Michigan, fifth round-comp), OL Jaxson Kirkland
Defensive line (10)
Starters: Edges Trey Hendrickson, Sam Hubbard, 3T B.J. Hill, DT DJ Reader
Backups: Myles Murphy, Joseph Ossai, Cam Sample, Teair Tart (FA, Texans), Kris Jenkins (Michigan, third round), Justin Rogers (Auburn, sixth round)
Linebackers (5)
Starters: Logan Wilson, Germaine Pratt
Backups: Akeem Davis-Gaither, Markus Bailey, Darius Muasau (UCLA, seventh round)
Cornerbacks (6)
Starters: Cam Taylor-Britt, DJ Turner, Mike Hilton
Backups: Dax Hill, DJ Ivey, Kristian Fulton (FA, Titans)
Safeties (4)
Starters: Darnell Savage (FA, Packers), Jordan Battle
Backups: Nick Scott, Tycen Anderson
Specialists (3)
Starters: K Evan McPherson, LS Cal Adomitis, P Tommy Townsend ( FA, KC)
To sum up.
FA's Re-signed: Higgins, Reader, C. Sample, Hudson, Ford, ADG, Bailey, Irwin, Browning, Adomitis, Kirkland.
New FAs: Moss (RB), Becton (OT), Hurst (TE), Savage (S), Townsend (P), Fulton (CB), Tart (DT), Edwards-Helaire (RB).
Draft:
1st: Latham, OT
2nd: Pearsall, WR
3rd: Jenkins, DT
4th: Sinnott, TE
5th: Guerrero, RB
5th Comp: Nugent, IOL
6th: Rogers, DT
7th: Mausau, LB, 7th
Other comp: not listed or I missed it.
The draft isn't awful, though Jenkins will be long gone by the 3rd and likely Sinnott by the 4th.
The guys we bring back are solid.
The outside FAs make me throw up in my mouth. Becton & Fulton & CEH are awful.
