03-11-2025, 05:26 PM
(03-11-2025, 04:21 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: I won't speak for Nate, but I believe FA has not startd officially yet and we have a lot of cap room. I don't think the FO cut vets like Cappa and Rankins for no reason. I think the Bengals will upgrade the guard situation and either bring in a DE/Edge, CB or safety.
Many like you act as though we are done, we are not in my humble opinion. Wave 1 is known for a bunch of teams overpaying. Wave 2 will happen in about a week as the market settles down and the big spenders have exhausted their cap so less competition to land a good player at a reasonable offer. These tier 2 players will improve our roster.
As for Ossai and I will add Murphy, they showed great improvement the last half of 2024. Jenkins and McKinnley (especially McKinnley) showed great improvement the past part of 2024.
A team has to develop their roster. The coaches were fired because they did not develop players. Bengals FO recognized it and brought in new coaches. It will never be 1 player in FA or the draft that makes us suddenly be a Super Bowl threat, it will be mutiple reasons including better coaching and 2nd and 3rd year players stepping up and being better. Murphy is in year 3, let's see if he can step up. If not Murphy, maybe it is Ossai, if not Ossai maybe it is Johnson, or maybe draft pick.
Well you spoke pretty well for me Luvnit.
Murphy specifically I think gained too much muscle last Offseason. He had no quicks, couldn't finish last season and he was a step slow.
Players usually aren't great in their rookie seasons especially DL. To think we should have no growth in year two from Kris Jenkins and
McKinnley Jackson doesn't make much sense especially under better coaching. Never liked the growth of DL under Hobby, we will see how
they grow under Montgomery.
But like you said, we are far from done in FA since it hasn't even officially started yet. We are still in the tampering period and the DL looks
better at stopping the run with the addition of Slaton and bringing back BJ Hill. Ossai helps with the pass rush and should get better.
Guard is where I am most concerned right now, luckily there are still a lot of them out there to be had.
