Bengals Offseason, FA and Mock

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Bengals Off-season Scenario

I am going to set up this scenario for you.  And let me lead it off with this is a best case scenario for me.  In free agency I made the moves you see below.  Most notable, and probably the two most jaw dropping moves are Bodine and McCarron.  I resigned Bodine before he hit the open market, but planned to make a move for Richburg.  As far as McCarron goes, I plan on using the franchise tag and extending him long term as the starter for the Bengals.  You may be screaming “We already have a lot of money committed to Andy!!!.”  Well you would be right… but in this scenario, not for long.

In the draft, I have us trading back with Arizona for their 1st and 2nd round picks.  This allows them to jump up and take a QB that is sliding a little.  I also have us unloading Dalton and our 2nd round pick for both of the Bills first round picks and their 2nd.  This would award us with 3 1st round picks, 2 2nd round picks, 2 3rd round picks, 1 4th round pick, 2 5th round picks, 1 6th round pick and 3 7th round picks.  The rest is spelled out below.  Enjoy.

Free Agency:

Cut:
Adam Jones
Michael Johnson
Brandon Lafell
Vincent Rey
Randy Bullock

Re-Sign:
McCarron (18 mil per year/4 years: 10.8 mil cap hit)
Eifert (6 mil per year/3 years)
Bodine (3.75 mil per year/3 years)
Smith (2.25 mil per year/3 years)

Sign:
DJ Hayden (2.25 mil per year/3 years)
Jack Mewhort (5 mil per year/4 years: 3 mil cap hit)
Weston Richburg (8 mil per year/5 years: 5 mil cap hit)
Austin Pasztor (4 mil per year/4 years: 2.8 mil cap hit)


Draft:

Round 1 Pick 15 (ARI):  Nelson, Quenton, OG, Notre Dame
Round 1 Pick 21 (BUF):  Jackson, Josh, CB, Iowa
Round 1 Pick 22 (BUF):  Okorafor, Chukwuma, OT, Western Michigan
Round 2 Pick 15 (ARI):  Jefferson, Malik, ILB, Texas
Round 2 Pick 21 (BUF):  Phillips, Harrison, DT, Stanford
Round 3 Pick 13:  Holmes, Jalyn, DE, Ohio State
Round 3 Pick 36: Falk, Luke (QB) Washington State
Round 4 Pick 12:  Gesicki, Mike, TE, Penn State
Round 5 Pick 14:  Gallup, Michael (WR) Colorado State
Round 5 Pick 33: Whitehead, Jordan, FS, Pittsburgh
Round 6 Pick 13:  Carlson, Daniel, K, Auburn
Round 7 Pick 31:  Phillips, Darius, CB, Western Michigan
Round 7 Pick 34: Wadley, Akrum (RB) Iowa
Round 7 Pick 35: Flowers, Dimitri (FB) Oklahoma



Depth Chart:
QB: McCarron, Falk, Driskel
RB: Mixon, Bernard, Wadley
FB: Flowers, Hewitt
WR: Green, Ross, Gallup, Boyd, Malone, Erickson
TE: Eifert, Gesicki, Kroft
OT: Okorafora, Pasztor, Obguehi, Fisher
OG: Boling, Mewhort, Nelson, Westerman, Hopkins
C: Richburg, Bodine, Johnson
DE: Dunlap, Smith, Holmes, Willis
DT: Atkins, Phillips, Billings, Glasgow
LB: Burfict, Jefferson, Lawson, Vigil, Evans, Nickerson
CB: Jackson, Jackson III, Kirkpatrick, Dennard, Phillips, Hayden
S: Iloka, Williams, Whitehead, Fejedelum, Shaw
K: Carlson
P: Huber