Terrelle Pryor

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(12-01-2016, 12:13 PM)lostpoet2 Wrote: I would support signing Pryor or Stills as a deadly deep threat opposite of AJ. I think either one could be obtained for less than Marvin Jones' 5-year, $40MM deal.

Good point. I'd take Pryor for $8 (or less) over Marvin for $9.

(12-01-2016, 03:55 PM)Synric Wrote: Torrey Smith could be a trade target. A 5th rounder for a cheap contract. ( 7mil for years 2017-19 three seasons.) He also has what the Bengals are missing speed. Not just deep speed burst off the line.

Torrey Smith would make a fine #2 with speed, and $7 million per is a solid price for a good #2 with deep speed.

(12-01-2016, 04:08 PM)ochocincos Wrote: 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.

When I said top WR money, I meant more like $10 million per, which seems to be roughly the going rate for a #1 WR. So I think between 6.5 and 8 million sounds about right.

I don't think we should be looking at DeCastro's contract as a sign of what Zeitler will get. Zeit has never quite been on DeCastro's level and Zeit really had a rough 2016. I think Zeit will turn out like Andre Smith in that people thought they'd get huge contracts, but they were/will be surprisingly affordable.

I feel the same way about DreKirk...to a lesser extent. I do think he'll get a serious payday, but probably closer to 7-8 million than 10+.

Ultimately, I think this team will be able to make at least a couple good additions. I'd target a RT and a speedy WR in FA. I'd look at speedy LBs, C and a pass rusher at the top of the draft.