Bengals say willing to trade Higgins for right offer,

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

Retained (9): Higgins, D. Sample, ADG, Irwin, Hudson, T. Williams, Ford, Browning, Adomitis.

Out (6): Reader, Mixon, Awuzie, J. Williams, Scott, McCarron.

In (6): Rankins, Stone, T. Brown, Moss, Gesicki, Bell.

Still FA (6): Boyd, Scharping, Tupou, Bailey, Bachie, Wilcox.

Positions unchanged (5): QB, DE, PK, P, LS.

Upgrades (4): S, OT, DT/3T, TE.

Downgrades (5): DT/NT, WR, CB, IOL (depth), LB (depth).

Relative wash (1): RB.

YMMV, of course.

We still have the draft, but everyone should improve in the draft. Despite all our cap space, I do not think we improved in FA. Close to staying even.

We made significant upgrades at S, RT, DT/3T, and TE.

We lost hugely at DT/NT and significantly at WR & CB. Lost some IOL & LB depth.

RB is roughly a wash for me, though Moss is better in some aspects & cheaper. Worse in others. We'll see how it goes.

Given the amount of space we had, I could not go higher than a C so far in FA. Especially with no extensions.

If we can push another position group or two into plus territory (or get out of negative), then we are looking at a B.