(03-05-2019, 08:31 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Rep to both!  The way the market is starting to shape up, quality OL is going to be outrageously priced in FA.  Donovan got 27M, guaranteed?  With a max value of around 40 sum M??  Better to spend the money on LB, and open up the draft a bit.  This LB class appears to be deep enough that they can truly get a quality LB or two on day two or even early on day 3 this year.

With the way that stud college OTs have been busting in the NFL, in recent years, you know that the drafting for the ones perceived as the cream of the crop will be fast and furious.  I'm thinking that if the Bengals want one of the top OTs, they need to take him at 11.

(03-06-2019, 11:19 AM)HuDey Wrote: I am with you 100% on this. I want White, but Oliver or one of the other stud D-linemen paired with Devin Bush would be a good way to start the draft if we could pull it off. And I also just can’t get behind spending early picks on a pass catcher when we have such dire needs on the O-line and at LB. We definitely need impact at the top of our draft. I would rather get an elite prospect at DT than an OT who has questions and limitations regardless of how badly we need help on the O-Line.

(03-06-2019, 05:52 PM)SErebel11 Wrote: I would rather draft  Juwaan Taylor than pay 14M for James or Trent Brown. Bengals could revamp the linebacker core with that amount of money.
Sign Jordan Hicks 8M/per
Re-sign Preston Brown 4M/per

Then, I would try to trade our 6th round pick to Chicago for ILB Nick Kwiatkoski in the last year of his deal. He started 7 games in 2017 and had a really good showing there. He is sitting behind Trevathon and Smith and has been coached up by Fangio. Chicago is up against the cap and only has 5 picks in the draft, 2 of which are 7th rounders. Kwiatkoski is slated to make 2,045,000 this season.

That's 14M

(03-07-2019, 11:24 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote: One thing on James is he's an above average tackle that's consistent...but he's not a Top 5 to 10 Tackle. He's a middle of the pack Tackle so I wouldn't get crazy with a contract for him.

(03-07-2019, 01:31 PM)Au165 Wrote: Saw Dehner bring up that Kwon Alexander is an interesting option now with Duffner in the mix. I think Alexander still fits the mold of the type of FA we can get. He has had up and down seasons but he is athletic and can run. The only issue....he is coming off an ACL injury.

(03-05-2019, 02:20 PM)Wyche Wrote: Hell yes!  If they could snag him, cut Burfict, and get Brown on the cheap back, I think the LB corps would do alright.  I think Brown is a lot better than what he showed last year due to injury.....but I wouldn't spend a lot.

Brown/Vigil/Mosely would be better than what we saw last season for sure.

(03-11-2019, 12:27 AM)bengalsfan73 Wrote: I know everyone is loving Devin White at LB but I actually am liking Devin Bush the more I see of him from the combine. I think we could feasibly trade down into the mid teens or early twenties and get him and pick up an extra draft pick or two which would help to add talent to holes on the team. However, don't get me wrong I would not be upset at all with White because I think they both are similar in play ability but I think Bush is a bit more physical with the same speed as White has sideline to sideline. But it would be a homerun in free agency if the front office would snag one of the top tier LBS that are available and my choice would be CJ Moseley because (1) you would hurt the Ravens, an in division rival and (2) you would get one of the most complete LBS on the market and (3) he is young. You would then have the luxury of releasing Burfict and saving over 6 million dollars to go towards the signing of a mid to top tier lineman or two to help bolster the offensive line. That would free up the draft to get the highest rated player on their board. I am excited to see how the front office allows Zac Taylor control the draft and to get the players that he wants to help with his overall plan. This could be a very exciting year in Cincy but no matter what happens we have to understand that it is his first year and we all have gotten the change we have wanted for so many years and it will take a year or two to get things going in the right direction. WHO DEY!!!!

(03-11-2019, 08:32 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I'm a little leary of Mosely as he is at that could begin to show that decline from taking the pounding, but he is only 26 years old.  It would also weaken the Ravens, according to their fans, tremendously.  

I am warming up to the idea of DT in Rd 1 (assuming one of the big three are there) and then go FA LB like Mosely and a later round LB like David Long out of WVU to develop.  I think he will be underdrafted because of his height and injuries in college, but I really like him.  

(03-11-2019, 08:36 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: If Bush lasts that long, the steelers are taking him at #20 so it would have to be before them.  

They need a replacement for Shazier and everyone knows it.  They weren't the same without him.

I like the idea, but I really think there are a few DTs in this draft that are rare talents.  Not saying Bush and White aren't also, but I think a top-notch DT to pair with Geno would make everything on the defense better.  The biggest issue wasn't just the LB play but a lack of pressure with the front four and an unwillingness to blitz.  They asked way too much of their backup LBs with no pressure.  

The big "IF" is can they get a LB like Mosely that would allow the draft to free up for the DT idea.  


I would be ecstatic if they got Mosely and then a guy like Ed Oliver in the draft.  

(03-11-2019, 01:19 PM)SErebel11 Wrote: Trent Brown to Oakland 4/66M according to NFL network

(03-11-2019, 01:20 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: That seems a little much for Brown. Hopefully we can get JuWaun James who was almost as good as Brown according to PFF.