Way Too Early Pan Me Mock December 16

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(12-16-2024, 05:52 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Disagree.

Hendrickson AND Hubbard are going into contract year in 2025.
Murphy could take one of those spots, the new draft pick could take the other spot, even if it's 2-3 years down the road and serve as a rotational guy prior.

Stone, even if kept, is entering a contract year in 2025. They may want to draft a new FS and ride the bench for a year then take over the year after like they did with Dax Hill and Jessie Bates.

For CB, CTB is entering contract year in 2025, possibly Hill too if they choose not to exercise his 5th year option this offseason.
I doubt they would end up keeping both of them on veteran contracts.
Hilton also is set to hit FA after this season, so there's a starting spot opening soon for someone.

Bengals, whether we agree or not, like to draft players a year early and give them a year to develop as a backup before being thrust into a starting role.
They've done this for many years now, so I'm not expecting much different other than possibly FS if they cut Stone.

Some might disagree but I would keep Dax and let CTB go if it was between the two. Dax was playing pretty good this year before getting hurt.