{The Ultimate Bengals Offseason Extravaganza Thread}

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(03-22-2025, 10:35 AM)Soonerpeace Wrote: You forgot about Slaton 

I was talking 3T specifically. Slaton is purely a NT. NT was a need (we saw what happened last year when they failed to adequately replace DJ Reader) but so is a pass rushing 3T.

(03-22-2025, 02:19 PM)Whatever Wrote: Going to be tough to take a 3 tech early unless it's a clear BPA situation.  We're likely going to see Hill back at 3 tech and rotating with Jenkins while Slayton rotates with Jackson at NT.  Improvement from Jenkins and Jackson combined with BJ having shown he's a more effective rusher in the past when rotated heavily to keep him fresh is probably what they bank on.

I hope the plan is for more than that. They do need more picks to fill all the holes but this is a position they valued enough to spend $6m+ on Larry Ogunjobi when they went to the Super Bowl. It was then enough of a need that they reached for Zach Carter in the third round in the 2022 draft after Ogunjobi left. When that didn’t work they then spent $26m in free agency in 2024 on Sheldon Rankins. Rankins was the 5th highest cap hit on the team last year. It would be quite the climb down to go from 5th highest cap hit to we don’t need a player who can do this.