(03-17-2024, 09:14 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Maybe with Hill kinda getting the boot at starting FS (expected), he might compete with DJ Reader for taking Chido's starting outside CB spot.
He has the size and speed to stay outside.
Most likely he'll replace after Hilton after this season, but hopefully he'll have a fire lit under him this year if he gets booted out of starting safety.

(03-17-2024, 08:59 PM)Joelist Wrote: Alas we just don't know what is going on right now, and the FO is really tight lipped so until they want people to know we won't know.

If you look at Free Agency so far in terms of the issues that killed us last season it has been pretty effective. Moss directly speaks to poor pass protection from RB as well as Mixon's inability to make the first defender miss or break the first tackle - we went from the worst YAC starting RB to one in the upper tier for that - advanced stats reveal a lot. Stone and Bell both speak to the single biggest issue on defense - explosive plays caused by defenders out of alignment, bad angles, missing assignments. Our secondary got a big injection of savvy, IQ and leadership. Rankins gives us the 3T pass rush tandem back we've lacked since Ogunjobi left. Even Gesicki fills a gap, namely a mismatch out of the slot. We're basically nervous right now because no NT or RT have been signed yet. I'm sure we will do so - just gotta chill a bit.

(03-17-2024, 09:18 PM)JoeyB2023 Wrote: So with Chido leaving our answer is maybe a player who’s already been demoted and booted from
His original spot within two years and we gonna try him out outside cuz he has the size lmfao.  That sounds like a bengals move so it makes sense but that again is why this team is getting worse and not better.  That’s dumb.  Not saying ur dumb but if that’s what they thinking they dumb as hell

(03-17-2024, 09:20 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Are you sure that's what you intended to say?  Doesn't sound like typical Ochocincos speak.

(03-17-2024, 09:45 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Oh lol. Meant Turner, not Reader. Good catch.

(03-17-2024, 09:44 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Bengals still at 8th highest available cap at $29 mill, so they have room to add 2-3 more guys if they wanted.

There are still a handful of decent CBs on the market, but I would have to imagine the reason the Bengals haven't addressed that spot yet is because of either:
A) They plan to use one of the two high DB draft picks for that spot,
B) Plan to use a high draft pick this year for that spot, or...
C) Want to get a FA but they have a set price they want to spend and those guys they have in mind are too high for that price currently so they are holding until price comes down

I also believe that same above philosophy for NT and RT for B/C, although the available options in FA are fewer/worse for these positions compared to CB.

(03-18-2024, 09:37 AM)JoeyB2023 Wrote: Turner nor Hill is not ready to be our starting boundary corner in place of chido oppo cam Taylor Britt.  Go corner round 1 or bring in Tradavious white.  Do that if they wanna compete.  Gotta get a vet presence worth a damn.  Eli apple would be good for this young group WITH chido.  Now he gone.  It can’t be anyone on the roster now stepping in for chido.  That’s a recipe for disaster.   Gotta trade Higgins for d. Brown in Carolina.  Make it happen.  Sign white.  Draft Taliese Fuaga in 1 and either Mitchell Leggett Walker, Rice or Javon Baker in 2 or 3..  and honestly bring back Boyd if u can.  Big if there tho.

(03-18-2024, 09:37 AM)JoeyB2023 Wrote: Turner nor Hill is not ready to be our starting boundary corner in place of chido oppo cam Taylor Britt.  Go corner round 1 or bring in Tradavious white.  Do that if they wanna compete.  Gotta get a vet presence worth a damn.  Eli apple would be good for this young group WITH chido.  Now he gone.  It can’t be anyone on the roster now stepping in for chido.  That’s a recipe for disaster.   Gotta trade Higgins for d. Brown in Carolina.  Make it happen.  Sign white.  Draft Taliese Fuaga in 1 and either Mitchell Leggett Walker, Rice or Javon Baker in 2 or 3..  and honestly bring back Boyd if u can.  Big if there tho.

(03-18-2024, 10:13 AM)casear2727 Wrote: Tradavious White?  Guy never regained his form after his torn ACL in 2021, then tore his achilles last season.  Not sure he is the answer at CB.

(03-18-2024, 10:22 AM)JoeyB2023 Wrote: Bro lol u make me laugh. I’ll take Tradavious white healthy over Turner and hill all day long right now oppo cam Taylor Britt.  We are sitting here taking about Mekhi becton who’s never proven anything and is always hurt but won’t consider a former all pro who’s been hurt the last couple seasons.  Gtfoh.  Gimme white.  We need a vet in that room one that can play.  White would give that room exactly what it needs

(03-18-2024, 10:27 AM)TKUHL Wrote: So…..I guess Tart is fielding other offers. Should have never let him leave the building.

(03-18-2024, 10:22 AM)JoeyB2023 Wrote: Bro lol u make me laugh. I’ll take Tradavious white healthy over Turner and hill all day long right now oppo cam Taylor Britt.  We are sitting here taking about Mekhi becton who’s never proven anything and is always hurt but won’t consider a former all pro who’s been hurt the last couple seasons.  Gtfoh.  Gimme white.  We need a vet in that room one that can play.  White would give that room exactly what it needs

(03-18-2024, 10:22 AM)JoeyB2023 Wrote: Bro lol u make me laugh. I’ll take Tradavious white healthy over Turner and hill all day long right now oppo cam Taylor Britt.  We are sitting here taking about Mekhi becton who’s never proven anything and is always hurt but won’t consider a former all pro who’s been hurt the last couple seasons.  Gtfoh.  Gimme white.  We need a vet in that room one that can play.  White would give that room exactly what it needs

(03-18-2024, 10:51 AM)ochocincos Wrote: People are only talking about Becton because the Bengals brought him in for a visit.
No one really actually WANTS to see Becton signed, at least not as a starter.

(03-18-2024, 10:27 AM)TKUHL Wrote: So…..I guess Tart is fielding other offers. Should have never let him leave the building.

(03-18-2024, 10:27 AM)TKUHL Wrote: So…..I guess Tart is fielding other offers. Should have never let him leave the building.

(03-18-2024, 10:56 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Exactly, most of us view him only as an affordable stop-gap option.

(03-18-2024, 10:51 AM)ochocincos Wrote: People are only talking about Becton because the Bengals brought him in for a visit.
No one really actually WANTS to see Becton signed, at least not as a starter.

(03-18-2024, 11:17 AM)TecmoBengals Wrote: Agreed, I'm not disappointed they didn't sign Becton. I am, however, interested in how they visit played out. Could both sides not agree on a contract? Did the Bengals decide they no longer had interest in him?