08-12-2024, 02:05 PM
(08-12-2024, 01:29 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Some are poo poo'ing the idea of trading a WR for a player at a weaker position, but the Bengals are likely going to need to keep 1 possibly 2 WRs inactive on gamedays.
DL and maybe OL could use some more depth, and I think Trenton Irwin is a prime trade candidate for a guy on another team who maybe hasn't lived up to their hype there. Like a Price-for-Hill thing, only Irwin hasn't been a huge disappointment like Price was.
Irwin showed some receiving chops the past couple years that a team might think he could be a solid WR3/4 guy on their roster with more opportunities.
Not to mention, he's also in a contract year and already turning 29 this December, so he's not someone to think about keeping beyond this year. He's just stopgap insurance for Burton, Iosivas, and Jones.
Also with how Carman performed Saturday, they might need/want another OT.
DT is also not in a good spot (IMO), so that could be a spot to target.
Maybe trade Carman to someone with DT depth to give Carman a change of scenery like Bengals did with Price.
Either way, I do agree it might be worth seeing what one of these depth WRs might be able to fetch because I'd hate to see any of them inactive on gamedays.
They all deserve to be playing somewhere.
Irwin I think would definitely have value because he can play every spot and Return Punts.
I just think he is more valuable to us right now with Charlie Jones hurt.
(08-12-2024, 01:54 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Higgins is going to get banged up at some point as he always does, and I feel like the "depth" at WR will suddenly feel much shallower when they actually have to start.
We do this every year with overhyping the quality of our backup WRs. We know them because they wear Bengals uniforms but if they were the exact same caliber of players on another team we'd have never heard of them and we'd laugh at our division rivals for talking about how great their WR depth was because of them.
There's seemingly nobody more popular on a Bengals team than mid-late round WRs who are 5th-8th on the depth chart. We're not going to get anything good for trading our 5th-6th WRs. Charlie Jones and Iosivas combined for 180 yards last year.
Eh, I agree on Tee, from his history he will be banged up soon enough and will miss games but as far as Chase, Higgins, Burton, Yoshi,
Irwin, Jones/Hakeem Butler that is as stacked as we have ever been with Burton showing the explosiveness that Boyd never had.
Charlie Jones was hurt all year besides like a couple games where he had a Punt Return for a TD and some big plays against the Stains.
Yoshi had poor hands as a rookie and was afraid of the ball but he was missed on a couple long TD's by Browning and has improved a
ton in catching the ball with his hands and snatching the ball out of the air instead of letting it get to his body. Hakeem Butler was the
best WR in the UFL this year, has great size and hands and makes Armon Binns a joke.
