Pick #17 if we lose Tee

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(01-22-2025, 12:12 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: You see Ocho I think this is painting with a big brush. I mean it's not like Pitts or whoever is always going to be the 3rd option on every play. 

True but it comes down to cost, ultimately.

The Bengals will have to worry about Chase's contract extension this/next year.
The most the Bengals have been willing to pay a non-WR1 in the offense has been Boyd's $10.75 mill APY.
I expect the Bengals only were ok paying Boyd that much as the 3rd option in the offense was because at the time, he was 2nd option and they had two studs on rookie contracts (Chase and Higgins).

I am personally ok paying for Pitts $10 mill for 2025 to be the 2nd-ish option and even extending him potentially for another few years because Egbuka wouldn't come off his rookie contract until Spring 2030.
Or drafting Loveland/Warren and paying for a few years of a WR2/3 caliber guy at around the same $10-12-ish mill APY price.

With that said, I can see some not liking the idea of paying $10+ mill for a guy who may only get 600-800 yards.