sparky151 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Regarding free agency, the Bengals have plenty of cap space to sign good new players. Especially if we move on from Dalton and Glenn. Maybe Kirkpatrick too. We won't be signing Brady or Clowney but there are a number of LBs who won't be tagged but would be massive upgrades over Brown and Vigil. Likewise on the O-line and TE positions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted January 14, 2020 Author Share Posted January 14, 2020 The did this weeks mock draft Monday in conjunction with Fanspeaks free agency simulator where of note they signed Corey Littleton for LB, Joe Thuney as the new starting LG, Tyrod Taylor to be the backup QB, re-signed Darqueze Dennard, Andrew Billings, Nick Vigil, Tyler Eifert, and franchise tagged AJ Green. 1. Joe Burrow, QB, LSU Traded 2.1 to Miami for 2.7 and 2.24 (passed on Mekai Becton who went 35, Miami took Zack Baun at 33) 2a. Xavier McKinney, S, Alabama 2b. Tyler Biadasz, IOL, Wisconsin 3. Travis Etienne, RB, Clemson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HangOnSloopy Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 31 minutes ago, THE DUKE said: The did this weeks mock draft Monday in conjunction with Fanspeaks free agency simulator where of note they signed Corey Littleton for LB, Joe Thuney as the new starting LG, Tyrod Taylor to be the backup QB, re-signed Darqueze Dennard, Andrew Billings, Nick Vigil, Tyler Eifert, and franchise tagged AJ Green. 1. Joe Burrow, QB, LSU Traded 2.1 to Miami for 2.7 and 2.24 (passed on Mekai Becton who went 35, Miami took Zack Baun at 33) 2a. Xavier McKinney, S, Alabama 2b. Tyler Biadasz, IOL, Wisconsin 3. Travis Etienne, RB, Clemson These simulations are fun. Passing on Becton is tough, but landing McKinney and Biadasz would be nice. Our interior OL would be very solid with Thuney, Hopkins, and Biadasz. I know the value is really good, but can we afford to take a RB at the top of the 3rd round? In this scenario I'm looking for the best DL available. I hope you keep posting the MDM sims! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beck Bristow Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 1 hour ago, THE DUKE said: The did this weeks mock draft Monday in conjunction with Fanspeaks free agency simulator where of note they signed Corey Littleton for LB, Joe Thuney as the new starting LG, Tyrod Taylor to be the backup QB, re-signed Darqueze Dennard, Andrew Billings, Nick Vigil, Tyler Eifert, and franchise tagged AJ Green. 1. Joe Burrow, QB, LSU Traded 2.1 to Miami for 2.7 and 2.24 (passed on Mekai Becton who went 35, Miami took Zack Baun at 33) 2a. Xavier McKinney, S, Alabama 2b. Tyler Biadasz, IOL, Wisconsin 3. Travis Etienne, RB, Clemson If that's free agency for us, that's pretty good. Doubt we go after Thuney. He looks like the bidding might get high and they want Jordan in that spot pretty soon. Extending Mixon would have been nice. Also, Etienne in the third is cool, but not a great pick from a roster perspective. Interesting thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted January 14, 2020 Author Share Posted January 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Beck Bristow said: If that's free agency for us, that's pretty good. Doubt we go after Thuney. He looks like the bidding might get high and they want Jordan in that spot pretty soon. Extending Mixon would have been nice. Also, Etienne in the third is cool, but not a great pick from a roster perspective. Interesting thought. Goodberry said Etienne was a pure value pick. I think they signed Thuney for something like 11 or 12 million and Littleton for 15 million if the free agency Friday sim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carson4MVP Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 3 hours ago, THE DUKE said: Goodberry said Etienne was a pure value pick. I think they signed Thuney for something like 11 or 12 million and Littleton for 15 million if the free agency Friday sim Etienne in the 3rd is a huge value. I’m ok with the pick. He reminds me a lot of Curtis Samuel. We could start him out as an HBack while learning slot and if he continues growing could be moved outside permanently and give us a Joker type player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Nix Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 4 hours ago, Carson4MVP said: Etienne in the 3rd is a huge value. I’m ok with the pick. He reminds me a lot of Curtis Samuel. We could start him out as an HBack while learning slot and if he continues growing could be moved outside permanently and give us a Joker type player. Etienne or Dobbins would be fine if we weren’t gonna fork out the money to Mixon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmittyBacall Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 19 hours ago, THE DUKE said: 2a. Xavier McKinney, S, Alabama 2b. Tyler Biadasz, IOL, Wisconsin 3. Travis Etienne, RB, Clemson I can't imagine these three still being on the board at those picks, but you never know, I guess. DK Metcalf wasn't supposed to be on the board midway through the 2nd last year. 19 hours ago, THE DUKE said: they signed Corey Littleton for LB, Joe Thuney as the new starting LG, If we get one of those two I will be very surprised. I'll believe it when I see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, SmittyBacall said: I can't imagine these three still being on the board at those picks, but you never know, I guess. DK Metcalf wasn't supposed to be on the board midway through the 2nd last year. If we get one of those two I will be very surprised. I'll believe it when I see it. The Bengals actually do spend on a big free agent from time to time. With the new QB coming in and the embarrassment of the attendance last year, I could see Mike Brown caving and spending some money this offseason. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmittyBacall Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 7 minutes ago, THE DUKE said: The Bengals actually do spend on a big free agent from time to time. With the new QB coming in and the embarrassment of the attendance last year, I could see Mike Brown caving and spending some money this offseason. Hopefully you're right. I just don't want to get my hopes up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky151 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 1 hour ago, SmittyBacall said: Hopefully you're right. I just don't want to get my hopes up. Smitty, you've been Bengalized. It's really not too much to expect for fans to want their team to participate in free agency. Especially when drafting has gone poorly in recent years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmittyBacall Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, sparky151 said: Smitty, you've been Bengalized. It's really not too much to expect for fans to want their team to participate in free agency. Especially when drafting has gone poorly in recent years. I have. Full-on Stockholm syndrome. Here's the thing, expectation and reality are two different things, my friend. Should they be more aggressive in FA? Yes. Will they? We'll see. We have the cap space so theoretically we should be able to sign someone of significance. But at the end of the day you need lump sums of guaranteed cash upfront to lure (the top) free agents in, especially when you're luring them to a bad team and dysfunctional franchise. That money comes out of the ownership's pocket and doesn't count towards the cap. It's hard to imagine Mike Brown pulling out his checkbook to shell out $30-40 million guaranteed to land someone like Cory Littleton. We haven't shown the willingness to do that in the past, so I'm not going to hype myself up thinking something will change now. We don't prioritize winning as much as we should, and it's reflected in our absence when it comes to paying free agents. Edited January 15, 2020 by SmittyBacall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INbengalfan Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 34 minutes ago, sparky151 said: Smitty, you've been Bengalized. It's really not too much to expect for fans to want their team to participate in free agency. Especially when drafting has gone poorly in recent years. he isn't the only one................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 This week's MDM was quick as Goodberry was out the door on his way to the Senior Bowl (which I am very much looking forward to his observations on). Joe Burrow, QB, LSU Trey Adams, OT, Washington Patrick Queen, LB, LSU He used Fanspeak this week and some of those get weird. Although Goodberry had a good point of the combine is going to reshuffle everything as teams over react, and something like Queen running a 4.65-4.7 at the combine could easily see him there in rd 3. He also chose Adams over Mekhai Becton. Becton has all the recent hype but he thinks Adams is a better chance to be an all around tackle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmittyBacall Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 16 minutes ago, THE DUKE said: This week's MDM was quick as Goodberry was out the door on his way to the Senior Bowl (which I am very much looking forward to his observations on). Joe Burrow, QB, LSU Trey Adams, OT, Washington Patrick Queen, LB, LSU He used Fanspeak this week and some of those get weird. Although Goodberry had a good point of the combine is going to reshuffle everything as teams over react, and something like Queen running a 4.65-4.7 at the combine could easily see him there in rd 3. He also chose Adams over Mekhai Becton. Becton has all the recent hype but he thinks Adams is a better chance to be an all around tackle. Daniel Jeremiah's first mock of the year had Becton going #4 to the Giants and Queen to the Raiders at #19. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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