We have too many holes

[*ochocincos*]

(12-02-2024, 02:57 PM)Bengalfan4life27c Wrote: DT DE CB1 SS FS LG RG C WR2. We need 9 starters that's quite a bit to fix in 1 off season.

I disagree about needing TWO new starting safeties.
Roll with Battle at SS.
Get a new FS. There are some decent ones in FA plus some good ones who should be available in Rds 1-2 in the draft.
Cut Stone to free up $6.5 mill.

If anything, they may need two starting DTs.
Rankins is worthless and needs cut, freeing up $10.5 mill.
Hill is set to hit FA.
Are Jenkins and/or Jackson good enough yet to cover starting duties? I haven't seen enough to give me confidence. Both are worthy of keeping in the rotation though as they continue to develop.

If I'm strapped for cash/draft picks, I'm drafting one IOL and trying to get creative with Karras and Matt Lee.
Matt Lee got 3 snaps at LT yesterday. I'd try him at either LG or move Karras to LG and put Lee at C.
Ford *may* end up showing enough at LG to warrant keeping him, but I'm not holding my breath.

This doesn't look like a good WR draft class, but there should be some cheaper WR2 type guys the Bengals can pick up in FA.
Someone who will cost under $10 mill APY and still put up 700-800 yards.
There are a few TEs I really like in the upcoming draft class, so I'd be game to make the TE1 the 2nd option in the offense and push WR2 down in the pecking order.

I have a feeling the coaches and FO like what they saw enough in Hill and Turner before their injuries to invest too much $$/draft capital into a new starting CB, but I could see them getting a cheaper vet FA as insurance.