|kennethmw| Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 I like Barnwell and his columns are great, but he always strikes me as rather uninformed about the Bengals. Every time he mentions them in a column, it's not in depth at all (i.e. Cincy needs a DE in the first round since they let Johnson walk!) The Bengals just don't have as many holes as these other teams. Interior o-line is probably their biggest weakness and they're addressing it with Pollak. They also have 4 or 5 big defensive contributors returning from IR. Most reporters don't follow these teams anywhere near as much as we do. Thank god for Cole Harvey, finally a guy that actually cares about knowing about the team he reports on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldcat Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 The Steelers and Bengals seem to be doing the same thing. I guess the Browns are showing the proper urgency by replacing younger players with overpriced veterans-the surefire road to success for a last place team. I cannot see how the Ravens have gotten better. The bottom line is that every year people whine or criticize the Bengals for essentially sitting out the first week of free agency. For their lack of effort they have gotten better each of the last 3 seasons. After three days of free agency, the Bengals still have the best roster in the division and it isn't really close. Grantland is also cherry picking. Getting Revis is cool and all, but they lost or might well lose Talib, Spikes, Willfolk. Edelman, and Blount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 Grantland is also cherry picking. Getting Revis is cool and all, but they lost or might well lose Talib, Spikes, Willfolk. Edelman, and Blount. that's why I don't get caught up in the first few days of free agency. You got Revis. He's great, but you still have crap at your other 4 corner spots. I'd rather have 3 B- players for what it would cost 1 A+++ player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted March 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Vinny Rey 2 years Talked tO Weeden Meeting ayers tuesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zins30 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Breaking down Vincent Rey's contract March, 18, 2014 By Coley Harvey | ESPN.com Linebacker Vincent Rey will get $1 million guaranteed in 2014, the first year of a two-year deal he agreed to with the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday. If he ends up making the full amount of his contract, he will end up receiving a nice annual bump in pay from what he had previously been making as an undrafted backup and special teams star. After receiving a career-high $630,000 in 2013, Rey will earn $1 million in base salary in 2014 and $2 million in base salary in 2015. With bonuses factored in, he holds an overall cap value of $2.1 million in each of the two seasons. Rey was re-signed about a week and a half after receiving a low-round tender from the Bengals. He was one of three Bengals' restricted free agents to receive the tender that equaled $1.43 million. Receivers Andrew Hawkins and Dane Sanzenbacher also received the tenders. Hawkins currently holds a four-year, $13.6 million offer sheet from the Cleveland Browns that the Bengals have until 11:59 p.m. ET Tuesday to match. If they don't match it, Hawkins will leave for Cleveland, and the Bengals will be left empty-handed. Because each of the low-round tenders were undrafted free agents, the Bengals won't receive draft compensation if any of them signs with another team. While he still was mostly a backup in 2013, Rey ended up having the best season of his career. He set career-highs in tackles (47), sacks (4) and interceptions (2). Against the Ravens in Week 10, he became the only player in Bengals history to record three sacks and an interception in the same game. It is expected that he might start training camp behind Vontaze Burfict at the "Will" outside linebacker position, but he also could play at the middle, or "Mike," position after adequately relieving Rey Maualuga for three games there last season. Here's a look at the breakdown of Rey's new Bengals contract (specifics come from ESPN's Stats & Information):2014Cap value: $2,100,000Cash value: $2,100,000Signing bonus: $0Roster bonus: $1,000,000Workout bonus: $100,000Base salary: $1,000,000Guaranteed money: $1,000,0002015Cap value: $2,100,000Cash value: $2,100,000Signing bonus: $0Roster bonus: $0Workout bonus: $100,000Base salary: $2,000,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 1 year deal with the new starting QB Jason Campbell. :ninja_star: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted March 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Adding Marshall Newhouse and the extension for AJ Green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zins30 Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Adding Marshall Newhouse and the extension for AJ Green. AJ Green extension? Are you talking about MB's comment about tendering him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted March 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 AJ Green extension? Are you talking about MB's comment about tendering him? Yeah extension is the wrong phrase. Tender is too. Picked up the option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBandJoeyV Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Yeah extension is the wrong phrase. Tender is too. Picked up the option. I dont think we actually picked up the option, just that we are likely to. Unless I misread something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange 'n Black Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 I dont think we actually picked up the option, just that we are likely to. Unless I misread something... We are going to pick it up without a doubt, unless AJ is extended before May 5th-ish, which is the deadline to exercise it. I would bet money that every top-10 pick from 2011 except Locker and Gabbert are getting that option if they aren't extended first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted March 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Bengals1181, on 24 Mar 2014 - 2:07 PM, said: Dolphins Beat Writer Omar Kelly @OmarKelly 3m Dolphins cornerback RJ Stanford just signed a contract with the Bengals. Deal features some guaranteed money. Stanford is a key STeamer. http://www.nfl.com/player/r.j.stanford/2508065/gamelogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkansas Bengal Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Bengals1181, on 24 Mar 2014 - 2:07 PM, said: http://www.nfl.com/player/r.j.stanford/2508065/gamelogs CHAMPIONSHIP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted March 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 I just realized we lost 4 starters from last years playoff team this offseason. Cook-Harrison-Johnson-Collins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zins30 Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 I just realized we lost 4 starters from last years playoff team this offseason. Cook-Harrison-Johnson-Collins. Kind of, since I assume you mean starters form that playoff GAME. But Harrison's snap counts were ridiculously low until Geno and others got hurt even though he was the starter, and Collins wasn;t the starter for the majority of the year. So it's really two impact starters and I assume they think they can replace Cook and Harrison pretty easily otherwise we would have just kept them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Kind of, since I assume you mean starters form that playoff GAME. But Harrison's snap counts were ridiculously low until Geno and others got hurt even though he was the starter, and Collins wasn;t the starter for the majority of the year. So it's really two impact starters and I assume they think they can replace Cook and Harrison pretty easily otherwise we would have just kept them. correct. The final tally for Harrison I read the other day was 35% of the defensive snaps, and that was even after the increased role when Geno went down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tigre Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Bengals1181, on 24 Mar 2014 - 2:07 PM, said: http://www.nfl.com/player/r.j.stanford/2508065/gamelogs Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted March 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 Peko extended 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted March 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 Here is our 2015 roster with all signed playersQBRB Bernard 2016 Burkhead 2016FB Charles 2015WR Green 2015WR Sanu 2015WR Jones 2015TE Eifert 2017LT Whitworth 2015LG Hawkinson 2016C Pollak 2016RG Zeitler 2015RT Smith 2015KP Huber 2017LS Harris 2017LE Dunlap 2018 Hunt 2016LT Peko 2016 Thompson 2015 Bilukidi 2015RT Atkins 2018 Still 2015RE Geathers 2015 Gilberry 2015SLB Dimanche 2015 Porter 2016 Joiner 2015MLB Rey 2015WLBS IIoka 2015 Williams 2016S Nelson 2015CB Jones 2015 Kirkpatrick 2015CB Hall 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted March 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 Here are all of the unrestricted FA's for 2015. Starters BoldedDalton 2014 Campbell 2014 Johnson 2014Green-Ellis 2014 Peerman 2014 Whalen 2014 Tate 2014 Sanzenbacher 2013 ®Gresham 2014 Brock 2014 Newhouse 2014Boling 2014 Robinson 2014Nugent 2014 Moch 2014 Nwagbuo 2014Maualuga 2014 Mays 2014 Burton Fut14 Lewis-Harris 2014 Stanford 2014Newman 2014 Restricted in some way Robinson 2014 Hamilton Fut14 Johnson Fut14 Wedige Fut14 Sharp Fut14 King Fut14 Black 2014 Minter Fut14 Lamur 2014 Burfict 2014 Schaefer 2014 Taylor Fut14 McCalebb Fut14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted March 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 Here is the Roster with all of the restricted FA's that we can have back next year if we want them. Its projected that we will have about 62 Million in cap space next year. Minus 10 Million for picking up Green's option and lets say 3-4 Million for Peko and we can match anyone's offer.QB Robinson 2014RB Bernard 2016 Burkhead 2016FB Charles 2015WR Green 2015 Hamilton Fut14WR Sanu 2015WR Jones 2015TE Eifert 2017LT Whitworth 2015LG Hawkinson 2016C Pollak 2016 Johnson Fut14 Wedige Fut14RG Zeitler 2015RT Smith 2015K Sharp Fut14P Huber 2017LS Harris 2017LE Dunlap 2018 Hunt 2016 King Fut14LT Peko 2016 Thompson 2015 Bilukidi 2015 Minter Fut14RT Atkins 2018 Still 2015 Black 2014RE Geathers 2015 Gilberry 2015SLB Lamur 2014 Dimanche 2015 Porter 2016 Joiner 2015MLB Rey 2015 Schaefer 2014 Taylor Fut14WLB Burfict 2014S IIoka 2015 Williams 2016S Nelson 2015CB Jones 2015 Kirkpatrick 2015CB Hall 2015 McCalebb Fut14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted March 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 If we look solely at projected losses and starters the pending major holes seem to be at QB LT/LG K We could lose just our starting QB, LG, MLB and K. Kicker will certainly work itself out. At MLB there we will likely see them dabble with Rey and Burfict there just to see if there is an upgrade and then re-sign Maualaga otherwise. These positions should be fine. The Big Question marks are QB and LG (LT do to Whit's age). Your Free Agent QB list for next year.http://overthecap.com/freeagents.php?Position=QB&Year=2015Alex Smith Cam Newton Michael Vick Matt Moore Matt Hasselbeck Jake Locker Blaine Gabbert Christian Ponder Jason CampbellAndy Dalton Colin Kaepernick Tarvaris JacksonBrian Hoyer Josh Johnson Joe Webb Curtis PainterRyan Mallett Jordan Palmer Trent Edwards Terrelle Pryor Scott Tolzien Ricky Stanzi TJ Yates Tyrod Taylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted March 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 Here is our 2014 Roster with every player over 30 Marked in Red. Looking at age makes LT, CB and Safety a bit more of a need. QB Dalton 2014 Campbell 2014 Johnson 2014 Robinson 2014 RB Green-Ellis 2014 Bernard 2016 Peerman 2014 Burkhead 2016 FB Charles 2015 WR Green 2015 Sanzenbacher 2013 ® Hamilton Fut14 WR Sanu 2015 Whalen 2014 WR Jones 2015 Tate 2014 TE Eifert 2017 Gresham 2014 Brock 2014 LT Whitworth 2015 Newhouse 2014 LG Boling 2014 Hawkinson 2016 C Pollak 2016 Robinson 2014 Johnson Fut14 Wedige Fut14 RG Zeitler 2015 RT Smith 2015 K Nugent 2014 P Huber 2017 Sharp Fut14 LS Harris 2017 LE Dunlap 2018 Hunt 2016 King Fut14 LT Peko 2016 Thompson 2015 Bilukidi 2015 Nwagbuo 2014 RT Atkins 2018 Still 2015 Black 2014 Minter Fut14 RE Geathers 2015 Gilberry 2015 Moch 2014 SLB Lamur 2014 Dimanche 2015 Porter 2016 Joiner 2015 MLB Maualuga 2014 Rey 2015 Schaefer 2014 Taylor Fut14 WLB Burfict 2014 Mays 2014 S IIoka 2015 Williams 2016 S Nelson 2015 Burton Fut14 CB Jones 2015 Kirkpatrick 2015 Lewis-Harris 2014 McCalebb Fut14 CB Newman 2014 Hall 2015 Stanford 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|High School Harry| Posted March 26, 2014 Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 I just realized we lost 4 starters from last years playoff team this offseason. Cook-Harrison-Johnson-Collins. And both the Offensive and Defensive Coordinators but we re-signed Marvin. (you know what's coming...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|SF2| Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 And both the Offensive and Defensive Coordinators but we re-signed Marvin. (you know what's coming...) I see the switch in d coordinators basically a wash and Hue being an upgrade. Harrison and Cook are easily replaceable. Collins was a backup but a good one. MJ was the real loss but I think he is replaceable as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.