Antwan Odom, Chinedum Ndukwe, Bernard Scott....

[*ochocincos*]

(02-07-2017, 11:34 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Just throwing this out here.. cutting MJ and Maualuga (Peko is the other guy you mention, but he's a FA) would save about $6.5m in cap space.

$6.5m would be about half of the $13m-ish that you'd need to offer Chandler Jones.

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But should be enough to sign a FA like Jabaal Sheard, who will be 28 at the start of next season. He could be a quality starter for a couple years if the Bengals decide to wait until Day 2 or Day 3 to get a rusher in the draft. Someone like Tanoh Kpassagnon is very raw but has the measurables the Bengals prefer in their DEs. By bringing on Sheard, it would allow Kpassagnon some time to develop.

The problem with a scenario like this is you're still not going to get a double-digit sack master as a starter and also having to coach up a project...something the Bengals are terrible with doing.