Jim O - Expect Bengals to have about $15 mill for open FA market

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(03-11-2018, 02:39 PM)fredtoast Wrote: So if there are never any free agents better than Bodine, Andre Smith, Jones, and Eifert why are you so concerned that the Bengals are not signing any of these free agents?

I was under the impression that you thought there were some high quality players available in free agency.

To imply that there are not FA upgrades for players of Bodine’s caliber is laughable or just plain horse shite. Ryan Jensen, Weston Richtburg, etc are currently available, as are many mid tier guys virtually every offseason. They’re obvious upgrades, and would not put the team in cap hell. The issue is not that upgrades are not available, it’s that Mike Brown will not pony up the cash to sign them, nor will he regularly cut loose underachieving vets to create additional space. Thus, every year we hear the same old “gotta re-sign our own” chestnut which really means “gotta re-sign our own only if they take team friendly deals.”