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

[casear2727]

(03-13-2024, 09:03 PM)michaelsean Wrote: That’s what I was thinking. Now to get a NT, but that’s possible if they can get Sweat.

Teair Tart, maybe?

[Joelist]

(03-13-2024, 09:04 PM)casear2727 Wrote: Teair Tart, maybe?

Definitely possible. 

[*pally*]

(03-13-2024, 09:01 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: That's the part that get's me.  If they were weary of signing DJ again, why didn't they go after someone else from the get go?  We see that they are interested in a CB, let's allow that to play out.  I'm sure that they have "irons in the fire".

maybe they have been.  Sometimes negotiations take time.  Sometimes players like to weigh all of their options first.  Remember leaks come from the players and agents right now not the teams, at least in the case of the Bengals, who are notoriously closed mouthed/

[pulses]

(03-13-2024, 09:04 PM)casear2727 Wrote: Teair Tart, maybe?

I would be good with that.

[*michaelsean*]

(03-13-2024, 09:02 PM)casear2727 Wrote: Rankins had 3 sacks vs the Bengals.

How do you think the Bengals heard of him? That counted as their scouting.

[BengalFanInCanada]

(03-13-2024, 09:01 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: Guaranteed contracts suck.  Look at the NBA or MLB  

Why should anyone be guaranteed to be paid when they are no longer on a team?   Also, you can limp and hobble the rest of your life as a construction worker or many other manual type jobs.   The NFL doesnt have a monopoly on jobs that can leave you body wrecked.  These guys get paid a great deal of money to do it and know what the consequences are.  Dont complain about it when you choose to do it.

Supply and demand determines compensation.

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

(03-13-2024, 09:04 PM)casear2727 Wrote: Teair Tart, maybe?

He isn't really a NT. Reader weighs like 30 pounds more than Tart.

[THE PISTONS]

Sources: The #AZCardinals are expected to sign #Bengals OT Jonah Williams. A late splash for AZ. pic.twitter.com/VZFf3YlyD0

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 13, 2024

[BenZoo2]

Love the rankin signing. Now give it to us, Sheldon!


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[Joelist]

Rankins gives us the 3T we lacked since Og left. We obviously need a NT.

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

(03-13-2024, 09:01 PM)coachmcneil71 Wrote: This would be a, "thank you baby Jesus" signing. 

Well, that is something. If it is a Tupou/Carter/Tufele upgrade, then it makes me happy. 

If it supposed to be a Reader replacement, then I am not happy. 

And I fear it is the latter. 

Rankins PFF the last 4: 64.2, 73.1, 46.1, 57.8.

[Joelist]

(03-13-2024, 09:12 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Well, that is something. If it is a Tupou/Carter/Tufele upgrade, then it makes me happy. 

If it supposed to be a Reader replacement, then I am not happy. 

And I fear it is the latter. 

Rankins PFF the last 4: 64.2, 73.1, 46.1, 57.8.

I think the plan is Rankins and Hill are our 3Ts, so we'll have a decent rotation again. 

[Goalpost]

Man. Jonah went cheap. 2 years 30 million. !9 million guaranteed.

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

(03-13-2024, 09:13 PM)Joelist Wrote: I think the plan is Rankins and Hill are our 3Ts, so we'll have a decent rotation again. 

Yes, I wasn't happy at all with Zach Carter. This is another big time upgrade with Sheldon Rankins.

Both of these guys can stop the run but Rankins is probably the better overall pass rusher and run stopper and I love BJ Hill.

Bring back DJ Reader though please. Tart is not the answer, he is another 3-tech.

[007BengalsFan]

(03-13-2024, 09:13 PM)Joelist Wrote: I think the plan is Rankins and Hill are our 3Ts, so we'll have a decent rotation again. 

Right.  This goes back to the Ogunjobi/Hill rotation we used to get us to the Super Bowl.  We still need a NT.  Lets get Reader signed next.

[Nepa]

(03-13-2024, 09:12 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Well, that is something. If it is a Tupou/Carter/Tufele upgrade, then it makes me happy. 

If it supposed to be a Reader replacement, then I am not happy. 

And I fear it is the latter. 

Rankins PFF the last 4: 64.2, 73.1, 46.1, 57.8.

yes, Rankins wasn't rated very high as a free agent DT, especially against the run (PFF 54.1). But now some of the pressure is off. He's 30, so the Bengals can still upgrade the position in the draft. Arik Armstead would be much better in the run game  and is better overall. But at least the Bengals got someone. They may not even have had a shot at Armstead or he was too expensive.

[pulses]

(03-13-2024, 09:18 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Yes, I wasn't happy at all with Zach Carter. This is another big time upgrade with Sheldon Rankins.

Both of these guys can stop the run but Rankins is probably the better overall pass rusher and run stopper and I love BJ Hill.

Bring back DJ Reader though please. Tart is not the answer, he is another 3-tech.

Was never happy with that Carter pick. Another one drafted way to soon like Jackson Carman.

[THE PISTONS]

Former Bengals OT Jonah Williams is signing a two-year, $30 million deal that includes $19 million guaranteed with the Arizona Cardinals, per source.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 13, 2024

[casear2727]

(03-13-2024, 09:06 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: He isn't really a NT. Reader weighs like 30 pounds more than Tart.

He is lighter but Tart is a NT, he has played a ton of 2 gap over center and in the 1 hole.  He was the Titans starting NT.

[pulses]

(03-13-2024, 09:19 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote:

Former Bengals OT Jonah Williams is signing a two-year, $30 million deal that includes $19 million guaranteed with the Arizona Cardinals, per source.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 13, 2024

this news is 20 mins old we already know lol