12-19-2019, 10:37 AM
(12-18-2019, 11:06 AM)ochocincos Wrote: Curious to know what everyone would consider their worst case offseason scenario?
Mine is:
- retaining every coach
- keeping Andy Dalton and Cordy Glenn (big contracts with no dead cap if traded/released)
- tagging Green (big $$ that's all guaranteed)
- using up a good chunk of the cap space on all the above and the rest of the Bengals' FAs to use up most of the upcoming cap space
- still using the draft to get Burrow, a WR, and an OL to sit behind the above FAs for 2020, thereby essentially not having these guys see the field much in 2020 OR them seeing the field but now guys like Glenn, Green, and/or Dalton becoming high-priced backups.
So essentially I guess my worst case scenario is more of how the Bengals always operate?
Of the decisions that are actually up for debate (they aren't firing Taylor):
It would be the worst case for them to:
Draft more skill positions (after the clear choice of QB) and not address the lines.
Draft more athletes than football players.
Take less than a first round pick and a sweetener for AJ Green if offered a trade (they won't trade him anyways).
Accept the play of individuals like Hart, Jordan, Glenn and not draft their replacements. (Assuming Glenn is moved to guard again).
Not give Darren Simmons a raise and losing him to another team.
Not try to move the likes of Atkins, Dunlap, and Gio for draft picks.