Terrelle Pryor

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(12-01-2016, 01:29 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: I've heard guys on the radio talking about Pryor and they seem to think he won't get top WR money. Good money, just not #1 money. I would agree. for that reason and many others, yes, Pryor would be someone I'd target in FA.

PS: I'm a UK fan, so no bias for or against.

Pryor doesn't deserve top WR money, but I think he'll get at least $6 mill per year. Mohamed Sanu, signed for $6.5 mill per year and he's arguably not as good as Pryor.
If a WR in a great passing offense with ~500 yards receiving and 3 TDs can get $6.5 mill a year, I think Pryor (855 yards, 4 TDs in a horrible offense) will likely pull more around $8 mill a year.

As was already mentioned, the Bengals did offer Marvin Jones ~$8 mill a year supposedly, so they COULD be willing to offer that much for a WR, but I don't think they will.
They only dished out $2.5 mill to LaFell, who has actually been a pretty good bargain.
For 2017, they might need (or want) to pay a good amount for Zeitler and/or Kirkpatrick given the state of the OL and CBs.
They also likely have to try and extend Whitworth for another year or two since there's no clear trusted successor at LT (yet).

The Bengals are expected to have about $40 million in cap space heading into FA and the draft (http://overthecap.com/salary-cap/cincinnati-bengals/).
About $10 million is reserved for draft picks and injuries.
With the above potential re-signings, you're looking probably at ~$9-10 mill for Zeitler (based on DeCastro's new contract), about $8-10 mill for DreK (given the prices for FA CBs nowadays), and likely another $8 million or so to Whitworth (he signed $9 million one-year extension last year).
Add all that up and you're looking at only about $5 million or less to work with. Very likely not enough to sign Pryor too unless you didn't re-sign one of the top 3 Bengals FAs.

With that said though, Maualuga can be cut with no dead money and save $3.7 million. Pat Sims for another $1 million.