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cowboy fans loved to hate on him but not sure if that was because of skill or salary kinda like Mixon. Most cowboy fans or least vocal ones wanted Pollard. Certainly a big name that brings some sizzle and he has decent receiving yards. Glad to hear they are still shopping around for RBs. I would rather have McKinnon or maybe Hunt, but whatever they think.

Yeah that dude.

I would take the Tenn WR that is typically linked to the bottom of round 1. Name slipping at the moment. I also would like to hear some news about McKinnon and Hunt, but not sure what the Bengals have planned. They need the out of the backfield receiver type.

Chuck D (charles davis) has Bengals getting Mayer at 28. Darnell Washington he doesn't have selected in first, interesting. So he could swap that in. Some the other popular names that have popped up, he has them going prior to #28.

Another factor in TEs is Boyd. Its a similar role. Teams do design route concepts with TEs to acttack the same parts of the field as slot WRs. Boyd is a FA after this year, I imagine his price will be a tough swallow for the Bengals. It allows them to consider pass catching TEs in addition to in-line TEs when you consider that. On top of that its a deep class so how many will be sitting there during their picks in the first/second round.

Unfortunate news for Foster. Talk about your life turning upside down. On the verge of getting a raise to retirement with your life hanging in the balance.

Jonah Williams is not disgruntled to a point that it will effect his play going into a contract year. IMO, that's a bad assumption. He just saw 2 career Right Tackles and 1 bad Left Tackle get paid. The 2 right tackles will get $20m this year. The 3rd tackle's details aren't released yet. He's right in line or better than those players. He just saw Brown and Tunsil bank roll $32m this year; 2 players he's not in line with. No matter what you think about his stature at Left Tackle; requesting a trade allows him a shot to beat the $12m he is scheduled to make this year via a new contract with trading team or at worse allows him a jump start to gauge interest/market for next off season. IMO, there should be little concern about Jonah Williams going Cordy Glenn on the Bengals. The Bengals have already played in Championship games with Prince and Adeniji at RT they won't hesitate to bench Williams IF he goes rogue. That hurts his market. Jonah Williams could be looking at few more million in his pocket and that's probably the bigger motivation behind his trade request. If he has to play RT with the Bengals he's going to try to ball out because an average career RT nailed a free agent contract paying him $20m a year. He can certainly match Taylor on film at RT.

That's just it. They have no faith in drafting an OT that could be around for the next 5 years. Whatever local scribe spouted that nugget of information was dead on. I would not mind an OT at #28, I just don't see them doing it.

I would probably rather have Kancey or Branch in that mock. While TE isn't a big focus in the offense, Boyd will be a Free Agent after his year. That would free up some targets/snaps for a pass catching TE, if they go that route.

Same site has them $109m under in 2024 including $47m rollover and $29m earmarked for Burrow. They have a lot of key free agents after 2023. You'll probably need 20-25m off the top to franchise one player (CB, WR, DE) in 2024. By my count for realistic depth and competition. Hopefully they can get some of these players signed past 2023 and 2024. 2 CB - Apple/Flowers - need them or equivalents. I would like to add one in the draft if possible. 2 TE - They haven't gotten the vet signed yet. Should have an opportunity to add a rookie 1 S - I like the safeties in the draft maybe add one there? 2 RB - If people want to cut Mixon you'll need 2 from somewhere. Looks like draft at this point. Their current cap consist of 13 OL costing about $55m. 10 are probably going to make it is just a question of who. Jonah Williams trade or LC cut would take it out of Spotrac's numbers. This picture tells you they have work to do before the draft.

Post Free Agent period power rankings still have Bengals checking in at 3. Below Chiefs and Eagles and above the Bills. Personally, I think the Chiefs have not had a kind off season. Don't expect them to fall of the map but in terms of No. 1 seed the Broncos have gotten better on paper. The Chiefs have had some key pieces leave. Hopefully they won't have the cake walk in the division. Buffalo seems parked in neutral. Jets, Miami, Pats have all made up ground. The competition level in the North is tied up in Lamar Jackson drama. I think the Browns will be the media fun 2nd choice to surprise to win the North. The South - I'm not sure any team in that spot can compete for the No. 1 seed. Maybe a second team sneaks up into the WC.

DJ goes with the other Darnell. Darnell Wright. Mayer, Uzomah, and McDonald go next 3. I wouldn't mind the pick, but I don't think Bengals will be using first round pick on OT over TE and Edge rushers.

Moreau is supposedly on his 2nd visit to the Nati. Hopefully something gets done. He had a nice TD catch over Wilson the last time they played in Vegas. Didn't have any catches in the Wild Card game. I would have rather had Hurst but I could see him making plays on this team. I don't think it would close the door on other TEs either. Would like it more if it is multi year deal.

Bengals had $4.5m on the table for Perine? $7m for Hurst? I would find that surprising considering they let CJ walk last year for a slightly more amount and cut Gio with about the same amount. My guess is Bell and Pratt were earmarked for the same amount and it came down to who wanted it first then the Bengals planned to back fill whatever spot that was open for less. Denver/Panthers have playoff prospects.

lol, deafening. So top 5 drafting teams should be offering up that pick + plus another one + $50m per year or its colluding? Okey dokey, lol. WTF? Again your opinion on individual team's QB situation or the league's hierarchy of QBs doesn't suggest collusion the fact you included top 5 drafting teams shows how weak the point is and how strong Army's original point was. Anyway. Bengals signed Scharping. No collusion for guards.

yet 1 QB doesn't get 100% guarantee contact the league is colluding? There's no need to disprove it. Vikings/Browns show he wasn't available at the right time for those bidders. If a mandate was given why didn't they follow? This does not include any consideration of the Franchise Tag requirement which the players accept in their CBA. There is also no reasonable expectation that QBs should expect 100% guaranteed contracts. There are recent deals without those players asking for it.

Scharping resigned. With Ford in the fold there's going to competition for depth at those interior spots. What do they usually keep 10 total? 4 tackles, 2 true centers, 4 guards? Bengals are putting in 2 former 2nd round picks to compete for back up roles. Not bad, IMO, entering TC. There's probably a few teams that have Scharping's penciled in as starters starting TC.

No. That's not collusion. Collusion is a majority of owners regardless of QB situation get together and decided only X percent or less guaranteed should be offered. The fact the Browns already have given 100% and the Vikings too. Shoot down any thought of collusion league wide. The reason for this is simply the CBA process. As Army pointed out there are multiple teams with legit reasons why they would not contact Lamar Jackson and his individual "bid" requirements. There have been new QB contracts that didn't have his requirement. Carr, Jones, didn't require 100% guarantees. As far as we know Burrow isn't asking for it either. Collusion isn't based on your opinion of the Atlanta Falcons QB situation or hierarchy of league QBs. As I have pointed out the Bengals projected cap room has X amount already ear marked for Burrow where as a new mega deal for Jackson on any team other than the Ravens would have to figure a way to deal with it. That is a major factor in determining pursuit of Jackson not even factoring draft capital and Lamar's problems. It looks like he can't stay healthy or IMO he quit on his team. He doesn't read defenses all that great and doesn't have great touch on his throws. Lou when Lamar dares play against the Bengals dares him to throw it. There's a bunch a reasons why you want Lamar Jackson to QB your team and there's a bunch of reason's why you don't want to lock into him 100% no way out. I would love to see Jackson to return to Baltimore with a chip on his shoulder and they get away from his strengths. Over a 17 game season he isn't a Joe Burrow or whatever high end passer you want to compare him to. Everyone can see that. Lamar Jackson is a beast to deal with when he's running.

Falcons at first glance seem like a good fit for Lamar and maybe he is. However they have 81m under in 2024 with 43 players signed. Not sure if they have any major players to extend but in comparison we know the Bengals are facing a tough 2024 off season with $109m under with just 29 signed. However that includes $29m for Joe Burrow (they assume his 5th option) so that's a huge benefit. Falcons will have to find or work around the cap for Jackson that should be in the $40-50m range per year.

McKinnon - is a RB I would like the Bengals to pursue.

In the late 80s Boomer and Co. rolled a constant top 5 offense and most the time top 2. Hitting averages that have not been seen by Burrow and Co. For a brief period Boomer was up there with the Marino's of the world. Munoz, Eddie Brown etc. Always had a the hybrid FB/HB to compliment Brooks. Different times today. Bengals can find a way to roll out Brown, Higgins, Chase and Burrow the next 4 years I would hope they can start hitting those 400 yard per game marks. On paper having that level of player at those spots makes it easier to back fill the others like it was in the late 80s. They are going to be tough to deal with. They find a higher level Right Tackle and your talking about 2015 bengals with a better HC and QB.

There was something going on in that Ravens organization this past year. I think Lamar tanked. No matter how you view it the past 2 years the Bengals have played 3 games vs. Ravens with playoffs or season on the line and all 3 featured a back up QB. I'm surprised a team hasn't been rumored to be preparing an offer sheet but if they are calling Lamar and being told 100% or nothing then I can see why that process doesn't go very far. Also with the right to match, some teams maybe leary of doing the Ravens work for them. The biggest legal term would be bid rigging or suppression but there's a number of teams that have QBs already and there are a number of 1st round QBs. Then you had competition from other NFL vet QBs. So its kinda hard to say that's what is happening. With 2 first round picks plus huge contract being the price to enter. Plus the Raven could just match. Plus Lamar tanked (IMO). There's 3-5 first round QBs. Aaron Rodgers and Derek Car that have several things over Lamar. Of course Aaron Rodgers is kinda goofy and old so I'm not sure why the Jets aren't taking a look at Jackson. I hope he plays on that tag or holds out. Creates a bunch of drama this entire season for them. Leaves and the Ravens get pennies on the dollar for him.

Scott is a trust in Lou signing. We'll see. I like that its multiple years they need to start filling 2024 slots.

I have no idea who is going to trade for Jonah or what they would give up. If I was a Jag fan I would have never thought some team would swoop in a give a under whelming right tackle $20m a year to switch to left tackle. I think this goes back to what was reported before. Line coaches, scouts, whatever know they can't accurately project college tackles into the NFL so they are opting for tackles with NFL film to evaluate, I guess. Personally, I have no idea what the Bengals do at RT. I've thought since the day he was drafted Carman was targeted for RT, he's got power, he's put that on film, he's also road the bench. I would love for Jonah to reconsider and give some comfort at RT, but would take a 2nd or 3rd right now.

Bears supposedly were in on all the Free Agent tackles but got shut out for what ever reasons. They have draft capital. I would think they could get involved with Jonah and even rework his deal.