01-02-2025, 06:13 PM
(01-02-2025, 11:21 AM)ochocincos Wrote: What's going to be the challenging thing for the Bengals is the number of players they have/should replace.
Even if they have ~$80 mill in cap by cutting some guys we want/expect them to cut, it may evaporate quickly if they have to sign 10+ veterans.
They're going to have the following people to potentially replace:
- Tee Higgins
- Mike Gesicki
- BJ Hill
- Mike Hilton
- Trent Brown
- Joseph Ossai
- Cam Sample
- Jay Tufele
- Vonn Bell
- Khalil Herbert
- Trayveon Williams
- Tanner Hudson (McLachlan may take his place)
- Cody Ford
- ADG
- Joe Bachie
And then guys we (some at least) want to see cut to free up cap:
- Alex Cappa
- Geno Stone
- Sheldon Rankins
- Sam Hubbard
- Zack Moss
That's 20+ people potentially, and the Bengals only have 6 draft picks.
That would be a lot of new FAs to bring in to replace or sign to new, likely (somewhat, at least) more expensive deals.
Be a lot of new faces or a lot of guys back on cheaper deals or a combo of both.....this is why I don't think we can give Tee all that money and still sign Chase and fill all of the holes......just not gonna happen.
