01-24-2022, 01:23 PM
(01-24-2022, 10:23 AM)kevin Wrote: With Bengals in AFC Championship, they will be one of last 4 teams in Round One. Why pay Round One money to a pick that late ? Why not trade back into top of Round 2 and get that player for less money, and add a later draft pick in the deal.
Plus making the AFC Championship means Bengals have a good team right now, and need to resign most of this team. The problem in that past was when Bengals went to The Super Bowl, it was hard to keep the team together, because other teams try to steal your Super Bowl Players. Now when Bengals in last place, few teams want Bengals players, but going to AFC Championship will change that.
So Bengals better have money to keep this team together and resign many players. They could save money trading out of the very end of Round One. If I was an owner, I would NOT pay Round One money to somebody drafted at the end. To heck with that and these agents expecting that. I would trade back in Round 2. We got Higgins in Round 2. We got Dalton and Bergey in Round 2. The Bengals need MORE BLOCKING for Burrow. The guy at pick 33 will block just as well as a guy at pick 29 to 32, and at Round 2 money.
1) NFL free agency as it currently exist didn’t start until 1992.
2) If the player at 33 is just as good as the player at 29 only cheaper, why would the team with the #33 pick trade up if they know what you know?
3) Eric Stokes was drafted #29 and Tyson Campbell was drafted #33 during the 2021 draft. Stokes signed a 4 year $11.9M contract. Campbell signed a 4 year $9M contract. $2.9M/4 years= average annual savings of approximately $725K.
4) $725K is less than the minimum salary for a vested NFL free agent with at least 4 years of service.
If it’s me, I’m not trading away the 5th year option which could save me more money in the long run than the less than $3M trading back to #33 would save me for a late round pick. As well as risk another team trading up to select the player I really want right before me.
