Becton visiting

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

(03-14-2024, 12:23 PM)casear2727 Wrote: Wishful thinking.....

Becton here to compete with Volson as the Bengals also sign Trent Brown as a bridge for the new rookie.

They can still easily sign both and Reader.

I think that is wishful thinking. By my reckoning, we have just over $21 mil in functional cap space. That is without knowing the actual numbers on Sample, ADG, & Rankins. And assuming Bell at vet min. Now, Stone & Gesicki & Moss all came under their APY numbers. Sat Sample, Rankins, & ADG do, too. Push that to $25 mil. 

Reader is gonna be around $15 in cap hit. More in APY. Trent Brown & Becton for $10? Call me skeptical. Jonah just got $15. Though if we do some restructuring and push it to $30+? Maybe doable.

If Becton is on a Mike Gesicki/Von Bell level deal, I might only throw up in my mouth instead of all over the place. But I fear the "plan" is to throw bigger $$ at him, and Tart, and let DJ walk. 

FWIW, I'd rather spend bigger & better on the trenches (Reader + Brown), and swap out Higgins for Mike Williams on a cheaper short tetm deal. Net a pick. Use that cash to bring DJ back. Pay Brown with the rest. We'd have 5 top 100 picks: RT, WR, CB4, TE, NT.