SI's Bengals Financial Breakdown

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(01-16-2025, 12:08 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: I'd say Rankins and Cappa are givens, or should be. Moss is perfectly fine, but $5 mil for a backup RB makes no sense. 

That leaves Hubbard, Stone, and Pratt. 

For me, Tee & trenches are my FA priorities, along with a Burrow max restructure (+$19 mil cap) and Chase extension. 

The offense will never be elite with the IOL a seive. There are a bunch of quality RGs on the market. LG is mostly just Jenkins,,but the top 2 draft guards are LGs (Jackson, Booker). 

We need 1 high level FA on each line. And at least 1 mid level guy somewhere going into the draft. And 1-3 more in the draft. 2 guards (starters), 2-3 DTs (at least 1 starter if not 2), and 1-2 DEs (starter + rotation). 

Pratt & Stone were poor this year. But have good seasons on their resumes. But not horrid. Unless the draft breaks right for us (Walker, Campbell, Starks, Watts, etc) I doubt we cut those guys. 

Or, if we whiff on trenches types in FA and need to spend more draftccapital there, then we could go FA shopping at LB & S. 

I'd cut Moss and Hubbard as well and try to just re up Khalil Herbert (although hes going to want some money, im sure). 

Im with you, bring in two solid guys on both lines. One at guard and one on the DL. I'd draft a guard somewhat early and bring him in to compete with Volson.

You just really have to hope that Mckinley Jackson, Jenkins, and Murphy take a leap. Not ideal heading into a season but it kind of is what it is. Id love another playmaker on defense along with adding a DL.