What should the Bengals do with these players in their final contract year?

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(Yesterday, 08:18 AM)BoomerFan Wrote: I know this is getting ahead of ourselves a bit but what should the Bengals do (and also the slightly different question of what *will* they do) with some of these players who are in the final year of their contract?


Players I wonder about:

Name...................Age.....Pay in 2025 (in millions)
Jospeh Ossai............25............6.5
Geno Stone..............26............6.4
Ted Karras...............32............6.3
Cam Taylor-Britt........26............4.0
Tycen Anderson........26............1.2
Jake Browning..........29............1.0

(yes Karras is old but he is so well liked I could at least imagine the Bengals making an exception to their general MO and giving him a 1 year deal if the price is reasonable)


Some folks who likely won't be back:

Name...................Age.....Pay in 2025 (in millions)
Cordell Volson..........27..............3.1
Zach Moss...............28..............3.1
Lucas Patrick...........32..............2.0


Guys who are on year to year or "prove it" deals:

Name...................Age.....Pay in 2025 (in millions)
Marco Wilson...........26.............1.5
Cam Sample............26.............1.2
Jalen Davis..............29.............1.0
Cam Grandy.............25.............1.0


One additional question:

Will the Bengals pick up Myles Murphy's 5th year option? It would cost around 12.6 million and I think the answer is likely "no" as it stands right now. Of course with all of these players what happens this year (are they productive and healthy) will impact what the team actually does. 

Volson and Moss should be gone already but i understand why they're still holding on to them. My feeling on Volson is, every day you keep him on the roster is another day you could have found someone else to do the job he does, better. 

Anyone else is simply a crapshoot. What they do this season is going to have the biggest impact on what happens to them next year.