Bengals Targets By Position

[SunsetBengal]

(04-06-2024, 06:38 PM)Okeana Wrote: These are the players I feel the Bengals are most interested in by position and my perceived interest level.  I will also list the contract savings per year based on the top 5 contracts at that position(pick 18 contract value is 3.1 million)

Defensive Tackles (ESPY 25 Million)

1.  Byron Murphy
2.  Johnny Newton
3.  T'Vondre Sweat
4.  Justin Rogers
5.  McKinnley Jackson
6.  Maason Smith
7.  Ruke Orhorhoro
8.  Evan Anderson
9.  Marcus Harris
10.  Jordan Jefferson
11.  Mekhi Wingo

Offensive Tackles (ESPY 16 Million)

1.  Amarius Mims
2.  Taliese Fuaga
3.  JC Latham
4.  Troy Fautanu
5.  Kingsley Suamataia
6.  Roger Rosengarten
7.  Patrick Paul
8.  Jalen Sundell

Wide Receiver (ESPY 25 Million)

1. Brian Thomas Jr
2. Adonai Mitchell
3. Ladd McConkey
4. Xavier Lagette
5. Xavier Worthy
6. Malachai Corley
7.  Brendan Rice
8.  Jacob Cowing
9.  Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint

Defensive End (ESPY 25 Million)

1. Jared Verse
2. Laiatu Latu
3. Chop Robinson
4. Xavier Thomas
5. Mohammed Kamara
6. Jalyx Hunt
7. Nelson Ceaser
8. Jaylen Harrell
9. Gabriel Murphy

Tight Ends (ESPY 7 Million)

1.  Brock Bowers
2.  Erick All  
3.  Dallin Holker
4.  AJ Barner
5.  Ja'Tavion Sanders
6.  Tip Reiman
7. Trey Knox

Running Backs(ESPY 3 million)

1.  Blake Corum
2.  Will Shipley
3.  Audric Estime
4.  Ray Davis
5.  George Holani
6.  Daijun Edwards
7.  Kendall Milton

Interior Offensive Line(ESPY 8 million)

1. Graham Barton
2. Jackson Powers Johnson
3. Zak Zinter


Cornerbacks (ESPY 16 Million)

1.  Mike Sainristil

Are you using top 5 base salary or top 5 cap hit for these positional averages? Because If you're using base salary, you're selling the OT position short. For example, when I calculate the average cap hit of the top 5 tackles, as represented on the Spotrac site, I get ~$27M. So, subracting the value you gave ($3M) that would be a savings of ~$24M, and not the $16M as you listed. Also when applying top 5 cap hit average to DT, I come up with $23.7M top 5 avg, then subtracting the $3M rookie value leaving a savings of $20.7M, rather than the $25M that you listed.

I'm not pointing this out simply to be critical, but when examining potential positional contract value savings it would be nice to have everyone using the same data set.