'It’s time for the Bengals to alter their offseason mindset.'

[SunsetBengal]

(01-17-2018, 12:44 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Pat Sims and Kevin Minter don't need cut. They are set to hit FA in March.
DK has too much dead cap that the team would be willing to absorb, at least for the next couple seasons. He should be considered in 2020 though if he hasn't improved his game.
Nick Vigil, Ogbuehi, Nickerson, Ericson, and Hopkins are all on rookie contracts. It's not very expensive to keep them, but none of them should be starters for 2018 IMO. And for Ogbuehi especially, it's put up or shut up time in 2018 because if he sucks again, no reason to pick up his 5th year option and let him go elsewhere in 2019.

I think people are too hard on Shawn Williams because they want someone who is better in coverage and causing turnovers. He's still a solid safety, but the Bengals would be wise to find someone better in pass coverage than Williams. He's an in-the-box safety who should rotate in and out as needed. I'd also like to see him get some snaps as a nickel LB.

Williams has been a Bengal for 5 seasons.  He has failed to develop into anything more than average, when he's healthy.  This is what people are talking about, when they complain about the Bengals putting too much value into players simply because they drafted them.

You are proposing that Vigil, Ogbuehi, Nickerson, Ericson, and Hopkins should all be allowed to take up a roster spot simply because they are cheap?  That is still feeding into the existing offseason mentality that many of us would like to see change.  By that logic, the Bengals should just as easily roll the dice with some new stock, those spots can just as easily be filled by other late round picks and UDFAs.