{The Ultimate Bengals Offseason Extravaganza Thread}

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(03-07-2025, 01:23 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: NE has 9 picks in this draft and plenty of money to work with. Their top picks are #4, 38, 69 and 77. It's been said that the Bengals are looking to get a late 2nd to early 3rd round pick in exchange for Hendrickson. The Bengals could ask for pick #38, to which NE might suggest #77, and they could settle at pick #69. NE has enough mid and late round picks to where they could easily trade back up into that range if they see someone they want. The Bengals, on the other hand only have 6 picks total. If they can get anything close to a top 50 pick, it would be a minor victory.

Still would rather have a quality player, one with a few good years left in him, in exchange for Trey.

I agree. If the salary makes sense, we get an established NFL player. The draft pick will be cheaper, but a gamble in terms of future production - and when that future production could come. 
I would like a G or DT. Awful tough to get immediate production from draft picks, due to adjustment to physicality of NFL for the positions.  

(03-07-2025, 03:29 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: We will see how FA shapes out. A lot of these EDGE needy teams could get one in FA. But yeah, the value for EDGE should go down 
drastically by the time our 2nd round pick comes around.

Makes sense. We are in a good place because there is no one in FA with Trey's credentials, and Teams who are in "win now" mode don't have top-15 picks to get Carter or Pearce.