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Williams won't pull a Glenn. If push comes to shove he'll collect his $12m and play RT. There's a pile of money bags awaiting him if he can stay healthy and play just average RT football. Then he can address his LT over anything else desires during his FA tour.

Lamar indicates he issued a trade request to Baltimore.

Orlando Brown Good. Chiefs bad. Removing Lamar Jackson news over to other more appropriate thread.

Reuter 4 round mock 1. Darnell Wright OT Tenn - love the player. Don't think they are going OT this early. There are some nice prospects that go after. 2. Tyrique Stevens - CB Miami. Love the position. Still some good names going afterward 3. Zack Kuntz - TE ODU - As it stands they'll need a TE in this draft 4. Eric Gray - RB OK - As it stands they'll need at RB

That would be an A+ haul. I don't think the Bengals would try to convert Mazi. With out knowing what else is on the board, I would take these 3 picks. Although they are getting Mazi about 10 spots later than most projections and LaPorta about 40 spots later.

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I think they need a vet for the Perine role. He played 3rd downs and 2 minute drills over Mixon. I just don't see them getting comfortable with a rookie from any round taking on the pass blocking duties/hot route assignments in those situations based on any college film. If you add a decent vet like Zeke in the Perine role. Then they can realistically entertain replacing Mixon's cap hit. If you look at the highlights/stats of Hurst, Mixon, Perine. Defenses are not going to stop defending Chase/Higgins/Burrow with 2 deep rush 4. They need players that can simply take a underneath pass and get up field. 2 of those players that did it great last year are gone and the 3rd everyone seemingly wants to get rid of. Then they have secondary depth/experience. At the end of the day. Great team with a couple medium to small holes to fix before the draft.

I think they'll add vet RB at some point. There's a whole lot of local media speculation/assumption that Mixon is toast. Fine. To make that happen you need a decent replacement for Perine. Both can't be rookies, IMO. They should be adding McKinnon, IMO. He seems taylor made for what they need. Can pass block. Can catch out of the backfield. Probably older than what they want but I'd assume his price range is what they want. He'd be under $3m It would remove 10 TDs and 700 yards from the Chiefs backfield too.

Not entirely coach speak because "as is" probably has them as the AFC North favorite. However, they got work to do before the draft and its pretty obvious. Of course Zac has inside information over the fans so he knows what may have transpired just not known for public knowledge, yet. I don't think their plan includes - 13 lineman counting $55m against the cap. Someone or Somebodies is leaving at some point. RB 2 - Clear hole RB1 - As discussed before make $12m; most speculate his exit from the team TE 1 - Clear hole TE 2 - I'd say this is a need, maybe somebody on the roster can back fill, maybe not. CB? CB? - Not sure what number they'd be but Apple and Flowers play a decent amount in key roles and aren't resigned yet. S? - they lost 2, added 1. I just don't think its realistic to replace ALL these spots with the same quality via the rookie class.

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.

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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.