Best fit Free Agent for Bengals..

[SunsetBengal]

(02-18-2017, 01:27 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: That's interesting comparing Johnson and JPP's stats.

The Bengals will likely go after former 1st Rounders who haven't lived up to potential. Look for guys like Jarvis Jones, Fairley, Amakumara, and Riley Reiff. (Reiff isn't that good.)

Fairley and Amakumara would be upgrades here...but for whatever reason teams keep giving them 1 year deals.

I decided to compare their career stats because I wanted to see if JPP was really that much better than MJ.  Turns out, the two big years for JPP, he really lit it up.  The other years he's been average or missed time with injuries.  We know that the Bengals almost never move a player that is under contract, and MJ has two more years.  Cutting him would leave a dead cap of around 3.5M.  I really don't see him as much of a trade candidate, as he has played a ton of downs, and has shown serious signs of slowing down. 

Unfortunately, I don't see the Bengals signing JPP, or any other name brand DE in free agency.  I think that our best case is to hope they draft MJ's heir apparent, and pray that he can unseat MJ as the primary starter.