***NFL Free Agency News & Signings Thread***

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(03-11-2024, 04:30 PM)ochocincos Wrote: We'll have to see what Wilson ultimately does, but he hasn't even hit 4000 yards in a season since 2020.
Steelers will continue to be good, but I don't think Wilson will be as much of a difference maker as you may think.

Who should the Bengals have signed that got signed by another team, and at that deal or higher?

Getting someone like Christian Wilkins was not going to happen.
Bengals are trying to find budget-friendly guys to round out their core, not drop a big amount of money on someone new.
They got too many positions to backfill.

Pickett 17 game average:
62.6% Completion, 3,042 yards (6.3 AVG), 9 TD/9 INT, 78.8 QB Rating

Russell Wilson 17 game average with Broncos:
63.3% Completion, 3,737 yards (7.1 AVG), 24 TD/11 INT, 90.9 QB Rating

It's hard to get across how incompetent Pickett has been as a QB. Even an aggressively mediocre washed Wilson is WAY WAY better.

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The Bengals should have signed one of the decent affordable IOL. Mitch Morse 2yr/$10.5m, Andre James 3yr/$24m, Graham Glasgow 3yr/$20m. Would have allowed them to either replace Volson outright or replace Karras so he could slide back over to LG to replace Volson.

I also would have liked the Gabe Davis at his 3yr/$39m deal.