2025 Free Agency - Who do you want, how much would you spend?

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(01-03-2025, 07:43 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Seems like every year we lull ourselves into thinking that this player or that player might sign for "X" amount, and then we're all astonished at the opening of the contract signing values and wonder why the Bengals weren't in on the first wave of signings. BJ Hill has been a consistent, very durable player. I would have no issues with the team signing him to a 3 year deal for anything under $45M. The two DL we drafted look like they actually have a chance to live, let one of them displace BJ Hill naturally, the way it should go. I'd still like to see the Bengals draft another interior DL (I don't care if 3T or NT, and sign another IDL vet at a value deal)

Now DE is another story. Hubbard is looking like injuries are going to be the shorter end to his career and Myles Murphy still does not look convincing to me. THAT is where a heavy investment in an outside player could pay the biggest dividends in free agency on the defensive side of the ball. (to my thinking, anyway) I feel like they need to draft one and sign one at the DE position just to keep a strong rotation going.

Sign a 30 year old DT to a 3-year deal who isn't currently near Pro Bowl level?
I feel like that's too risky.
I like him for 1 more year, maybe 2, but he's solid for now, could be well at replacement level by Year 3.


I wouldn't sign Hill for more than he has been getting paid, personally ($10 mill APY).
I was expecting a 5-8 sack a year guy when they signed him to his extension and he never got to 5.0 sacks once in 3 seasons on his new deal.