The bengals could fix this team this off-season with a little creativity!

[WeezyBengal]

(7 hours ago)Luvnit2 Wrote: I agree, we do need to shed cap dollars to free up both cash and cap space. But I don't agree to draft rookies to plug and play in 2025.

Here are my cuts:


Sheldon Rankins
$7,450,000 $2,000,000 $0 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $50,000 $0 $0 $11,500,000
$2,000,000 - Dead Money
$9,500,000 - Cap and Cash savings 2025
Sam Hubbard
$9,000,000 $2,000,000 $0 $0 $500,000 $100,000 $0 $0 $11,600,000
$2,000,000 - Dead Money
$9,600,000 - Cap and Cash savings 2025

Alex Cappa
$7,000,000 $2,250,000 $0 $0 $500,000 $500,000 $0 $0 $10,250,000
$2,250,000 - Dead Money
$8,000,000 - Cap and Cash savings 2025[

Zack Moss
$3,075,000 $1,500,000 $0 $0 $300,000 $100,000 $0 $0 $4,975,000
$1,500,000 - Dead Money
$3,475,000 - Cap and Cash savings 2025

Stone is also a possibly, but only if we have great FA safety in our sites or he goes back to playing poorly

This would add almost $30.5 million cap dollars for 2025.

If Stone is cut, and additional 6.5 million to partially pay for a stud safety in FA if one is available.

Fans hate on Volson, but he is paid low back up money, a little over 1.2 mullion, sign a guard and make him a backup.

We would need plug and play vets at WR2 (Higgins), Both guards (FA), DT (2) as Hill is a FA DE, RB and CB. We are too good on offense to not shore up our defense with FA vets.

Then, use the draft for high potential starters by end of 2025 or in 2026.

This is pretty much spot on. It may be an unpopular take, but I'd cut Pratt as well. His lack of effort at times this year has really bothered me. He also seems like he's lost a step. 

The FA guard market is rich. They can most likely sign a couple good veterans for a decent price. 

I'd spend on a tier 1 DT and a solid edge, then take best defensive player available in round 1 of the draft - hopefully its a plug and play starter.