Pre-Combine Mock

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(02-28-2022, 02:41 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: Good God, what is the fascination with trading a starting WR these days?  There's no need for it and there's no gaurantee that the next guy can even remotely fill his shoes.  You don't tear down a Super Bowl team by giving away one its core players.

Is it not obvious?

The clear reason is to free up more cap to cover the OL, DL, and DB upgrades.
And I personally feel it's going to be easier to find a WR3 in the draft who can contribute well as a rookie compared to most other positions (especially DL or OL).

Bengals have had pretty good track record of getting good production from early-drafted WRs, so why not do it again and put the saved $7.1 mill toward another position?

If the Bengals can sign all their starting spots on OL, DL, CB, and S with quality FAs and stay under the cap, I'm fine keeping Boyd.
I just have my reservations they're going to be able to do that successfully without restructuring some contracts.

Also, let's not treat Boyd like he's a truly elite WR.
I like him, but he's dropped in production the past two years with the additions of Higgins and Chase.

Regular season - 828 yards, 5 TDs (lowest since before 2018).

Here was his production during the playoffs:
Raiders - 4rec for 26 yards
Titans - 2 rec for 17 yards
Chiefs - 4 rec for 19 yards
Rams - 5 rec for 48 yards

You're don't think the Bengals are good enough talent evaluators at WR to find one on Day 2 that could put up around those numbers?
I do.