FA Signing Game

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(02-07-2024, 07:45 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Bengals have an estimated $61 mill in cap space for 2024.

They have 48 players under contract currently, 17 of which make $1 mill or less.
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/cap/

The Bengals have the following 20 guys set to hit FA - https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/all/cincinnati-bengals//

For all intents and purposes, the draft will fill out the last few spots, so any re-sign or outside FA will result in some displacement of funding.

Starting spots with impending FAs (incumbent):
- Outside WR (Higgins)
- Slot WR (Boyd)
- TE (Hudson)
- RT (Williams)
- NT (Reader)
- Outside CB (Awuzie)
- LS (Adomitis)

Who would you sign in FA (and for how much) to fill out the remaining roster such that any and all draft picks could be used strictly as depth?
NOTE-1: You can use the "Manage Roster" function on the first spotrac link to do this exercise.
NOTE-2: A tag on Higgins will cost an estimated $20.7 mill. If you choose to tag him, the available cap for all remaining players will be essentially $40 mill.
NOTE-3: You MUST leave AT LEAST $5 mill in cap remaining after FA, which is the usual operating procedure for the Bengals


Who ya gonna sign?

Outside WR=Mike Evans (4 years/$95 mil, $12 mil 2024 cap hit)
Slot WR=Nelson Agholar (1 year, $1.5 mil)
TE=Dalton Schultz (3 years, $34 mil, $7 mil 2024 cap hit)
RT=George Fant(1 year, $5 mil)
NT=DaQuan Jones(1 year, $7 mil)
CB=Chido(1 year, $8 mil)
LS=Admitas(1 year tender, $1 mil)

That leaves plenty of padding for another splash FA signing, potentially bringing back Reader for a long term deal, and resigning some depth guys.