02-19-2023, 01:45 AM
I was being sarcastic about saving cap space by trading first rounders. I was more thinking about a scenario like this: Bates, Hurst, Pratt, and Apple all get paid way more money than the Bengals are willing to pay them. The decision is made to cash in on the future comp picks and to focus on re-signing other players this year. Kind of passive but whatever, I get why the team would do that. They can still get depth guys in FA with this method. Now it's draft day. Do you sit on your hands and continue to play it passively? The clock is ticking on your core that's about to go out of contract. You don't know how much you're going to have to pay your top two WRs. Do you continue to be passive? Or do you move some future 2nd, 3rd, or 4th rounders to try to land impact players this year? Impact rookies at TE, RT, OG, RB, Slot WR, and/or edge could be the difference this season.
