Burrow confident we can keep everybody

[*ochocincos*]

(07-26-2023, 01:53 AM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: The key question is, who is everybody? 

Chase & Higgins, surely. I think that is doable. 

Boyd? Reader? Chido? Wilson? Hendrickson? Some of them will likely have to go, even if we let Williams, Collins, & Mixon go in the next two years (saving roughlt $30 mil). BJ Hill would be another $10. 

Exactly.
They have the following guys hitting FA after 2023 or 2024 season:
- Burrow
- Higgins
- Boyd^
- Awuzie^
- Reader*
- BJ Hill*
- Hendrickson*
- Jonah Williams
- Karras*
- Irv Smith
- Mixon^
- Hilton*
- Logan Wilson
- Collins*
* = Will be 30+ years old when hitting FA
^ = Will be 29 years old when hitting FA

The guys that are going to be 30+ years old when they hit FA I think we should typically expect to depart in FA or take a very team-friendly deal to stay, possibly the 29 year olds too. The Bengals haven't typically targeted older players in recent years to sign/re-sign.
At least half of the above guys will be gone after 2024, I personally think.