Will We See Any Cuts Before FA Opens?

[SErebel11]

(03-17-2021, 02:36 PM)bengaloo Wrote: I agree with this. We have to have players to have a roster to put on the field. FA is a two way street. You have to want a player and the player has to want to play for your team at the price you are willing to pay. We did make a run for Zeitler, but he didnt come here. We may have tried to sign other players also. But it has to line up on both sides. 

As far as Hart goes, I dont see us cutting him unless maybe after we draft Sewell, and Hart may be retained even then as a backup or insurance for a developing Sewel who sat out 2020 season. Ive been on the Hart hater bandwagon since we signed him, but I also recognize that he had his best season last year and looked better as the OG play next to him improved. We may keep him or cut him later, like the June 1st cuts. But right now if we cut him we have a big hole to fill because we dont have much depth on the OL either. Can we get a good RT to come here from FA? I hope so, but the list is getting thinner. My gut feeling says they are hoping to get Sewell or Slater. 

We could have all the cap space in the world, but there still have to be players to fill the roles we need them for and those players have to be willing to sign here. 

I agree with some of this but the access to improve your team also involves cuts. Cut all 8? No. Lawson was in house and neither Atkins nor Uzomah would draw their 2021 Bengals salary in free agency. Cutting those 2 would make a lot of sense and that is a chunk of change. It is also about maximizing your dollars. Franchising Lawson in this situation especially if they didn't want to dole out a huge contract due to injury concerns. He wasn't someone that would have have had to be willing to sign here.