(03-05-2024, 02:03 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: I could definitely see the Bengals re-signing Uzomah.

(03-05-2024, 02:03 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: I could definitely see the Bengals re-signing Uzomah.

(03-05-2024, 02:03 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: I could definitely see the Bengals re-signing Uzomah.

(03-05-2024, 06:51 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Both Uzo and Hurst have their problems, knee injury for Uzo and concussions for Hurst. I pass on both.

Bring back Hudson and Sample and add Sinnott, Stover or Theo Johnson in the 3rd round would be my plan.

(03-05-2024, 06:51 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Both Uzo and Hurst have their problems, knee injury for Uzo and concussions for Hurst. I pass on both.

Bring back Hudson and Sample and add Sinnott, Stover or Theo Johnson in the 3rd round would be my plan.

(03-05-2024, 02:43 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Eh, he's coming off of knee surgery.  He should likely call it a career, while he still has enough health to play with his kids as they grow up.

(03-05-2024, 04:08 PM)Bengalbug Wrote: Hurst also got released.

(03-05-2024, 05:38 PM)pulses Wrote: Panthers are releasing Hurst I see that before Uzomah.

(03-05-2024, 07:37 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: Ah, I wasn't aware of that. Maybe his time has just passed.



Hurst would be an option too, but didn't he have a major issue following a concussion? Post Traumatic amnesia or something like that? I would hope he thinks long and hard before he goes back on a football field.

(03-06-2024, 08:45 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: At this point I'd be comfortable with them signing back Hudson and Sample, and then trying their luck in the draft.

(03-06-2024, 08:45 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: At this point I'd be comfortable with them signing back Hudson and Sample, and then trying their luck in the draft.

(03-06-2024, 11:17 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: yea, that might be the safest path forward. I just feel bad for Hayden. He was a good player for us in his 1 year. The deal that the Panthers gave him was unreasonable for us to match, just like the Jets and Uzomah 2 years ago. 

One of the reasons I respect the Bengals front office is because they treat free agency differently than most teams. Most teams enter free agency with a glaring need and they will overpay for someone just to say they filled a hole, only to cut them a year or two later after its obvious that they overpaid for the player. 

No reasonable person believed that Hayden Hurst was worth 7 million per year and no reasonable person believed Uzomah was worth 8 million per year. And in their collective 3 years away from the Bengals, they put up 47 receptions for 474 yards and 4 touchdowns over 36 games.

The Bengals go into free agency with an understanding of what each player is worth, and they refuse to pay more than what they believe that player's value is. That means they are more likely to play through the end of the contract and both sides are happy with the contract.

There's a reason the Bengals' cap management is considered one of the best in the entire league. The worst contract they've given out in the last 14 years was Trae Waynes, and even then it wasn't due to a lack of talent, he just kept getting injured and by the time he was healthy, he had already been replaced. Not many teams can say the same.

I don't remember exactly where I was going with this, but my point is I trust the Bengals front office if they choose to re-sign one of these two guys because they actually know what their value is, whereas other teams just throw money at players just to say they filled a hole on the roster.

(03-06-2024, 11:17 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: yea, that might be the safest path forward. I just feel bad for Hayden. He was a good player for us in his 1 year. The deal that the Panthers gave him was unreasonable for us to match, just like the Jets and Uzomah 2 years ago. 

One of the reasons I respect the Bengals front office is because they treat free agency differently than most teams. Most teams enter free agency with a glaring need and they will overpay for someone just to say they filled a hole, only to cut them a year or two later after its obvious that they overpaid for the player. 

No reasonable person believed that Hayden Hurst was worth 7 million per year and no reasonable person believed Uzomah was worth 8 million per year. And in their collective 3 years away from the Bengals, they put up 47 receptions for 474 yards and 4 touchdowns over 36 games.

The Bengals go into free agency with an understanding of what each player is worth, and they refuse to pay more than what they believe that player's value is. That means they are more likely to play through the end of the contract and both sides are happy with the contract.

There's a reason the Bengals' cap management is considered one of the best in the entire league. The worst contract they've given out in the last 14 years was Trae Waynes, and even then it wasn't due to a lack of talent, he just kept getting injured and by the time he was healthy, he had already been replaced. Not many teams can say the same.

I don't remember exactly where I was going with this, but my point is I trust the Bengals front office if they choose to re-sign one of these two guys because they actually know what their value is, whereas other teams just throw money at players just to say they filled a hole on the roster.