Tim McGee's great idea

[bengals1969]

(04-15-2021, 03:24 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Both you guys are spot on. One pick won't fix the entire OL anyways I want Sewell but would also love Pitts or Chase and go 
OL in the 2nd to 4th rounds just as much. Have to keep our minds open to the possibility that Pollack also likes other OL better
than even Sewell, who knows? He worked with Sewell more than any coach at his pro day and right after I heard more Chase 
chatter than Sewell chatter from our guys for some reason.

I think the Bengals should take OL twice in the first three rounds.   They lose Jonah, they screwed, they lose Ratliff, they screwed.  The conservative approach would be to take Sewell, maybe the smart approach, but not what I'd do if Pitts was there.
Based upon dead money the starting line consists of
Hopkins starting at center if healthy
Williams LT
Ratliff RT
Billy Price can't be cut nor traded but only has a dead money hit of $1.6 million.
Filo has dead money of $1 million.
Everybody else on contract could be cut without stacking up a bunch of dead money.
So not only could the Bengals absorb 2 OL's at the top of the draft, they could absorb 3 or 4. from the entire draft.  I doubt they do it, but the payroll say it can be done.