Anyone Heard Any Rumors?

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(04-02-2018, 11:29 AM)Au165 Wrote: I kind of wonder if a trade back at 21 may be the play, especially if multiple centers are on the board. The key thought would be to stay inside the 1st even if it's at 32 so that we get the 5th year option. I would normally agree we wouldn't take a center in the 1st except we have broken a bunch of those "Bengals never..." things over the last few years. With Pollack on staff able to stress the impact taking Frederick had for the Cowboys O line I think it's definitely possible.

Definitely seems plausible. I wouldn't rule out a tradeback into the like 33-35 range either. The only drawback is not having the 5th year option, but I don't know how much the Bengals would care about that if it's a C. The option for a C in 2018 would be above $5 mill so I expect that with the rising cap and continuing increase of interior OL salaries that it will get well above $6 mill by 2022. So they may decide to either extend or draft yet another replacement. The cost in savings of a late 1st rounder vs 33-35 is still a savings of about $2-3 mill over the course of four years, which should about cover the difference between a 5th year option and new contract if the team was willing to pay $9-10 mill a year for a C on his second contract (I can give an example of this if there's confusion).