11-29-2018, 01:12 PM
(11-29-2018, 12:49 PM)ochocincos Wrote: This isn't your first rodeo, is it?
The Bengals have the following positions potentially losing starters to FA:
- RG (Hopkins and Redmond)
- RT (Hart, Fisher, and Ogbuehi)
- TE (Eifert, Kroft, Uzomah)
- MIKE (Preston Brown, Vincent Rey)
- RDE (Michael Johnson)
- Slot CB (Dennard)
That's six prominent roles needing to be filled.
It's probably safe to assume one of Willis, Hubbard, or Lawson (or a combo of all) will take over RDE, so the prominent roles go down to five.
If they are lucky, the Bengals might be able to find 2-3 quality starters in the draft.
So they will still need to get at least a couple quality veterans in FA to fill the remaining gaps in order to be a true competitor next year. And I don't mean Bobby Hart quality.
The only one I am worried about his Dennard the rest we could lose and most I hope we do lose.
Boiling to RG and Westerman to LG
RT- Draft Dalton Risner in the first and Sign Fisher as a swing Tackle
TE- Eifert and Uz should be cheap plus top 100 pick on position
LB- Kj wright for 7 million a year should replace both Brown and V Rey who are worth that combined.
CB- losing Dennard worries me but Phillips hasn't looked bad in role.
DE- it's time for Johnson to go. Should use his spot on the roster for a backup to Lawson though.
