MichaelWeston Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 We get an in season preseason game so I thought I'd take the moment to take a look at what Free Agents are available. Below is PFF scores through week 17 and snap counts. We have stuck to signing recent long term free agents (3-4 year deals) to guys who are 25-27. Free Agent signings in 2020 CB Trae Waynes 3 years 27 S Vonn Bell 3 years 25 DT DJ Reader 4 years 26 G Xavier Su'a-Filo 3 years 29 Free Agent signings in 2021 CB Mike Hilton 4 years 27 CB Chido Awuzie 3 years 25 DE Trey Hendrickson 4 years 26 Our roster along the OL LT Williams 24 LG Spain 22 Smith 25 Sutherland 22 C Hopkins 23 Hill 25 Gaillard RG Adeniji 24 Carman 25 Su'a-Filo 23 RT Reiff 22 Prince 24 Johnson 22 Blue UFA Green RFA Red Coming of IR (And a likely release with cap savings of 3million) Gray Practice Squad dudes Free Agents: Green is guys I could see us targeting. Orange is our guys. C Age Overall Pass Block Run Block Snaps Kelce-Eagles 34 83.9 67.6 88.7 992 Allen-Rams 26 81.1 66 87.7 838 Jones-Titans 33 77.2 65.2 80.1 1091 Bozeman-Ravens 27 74.2 72.2 72 1054 Jensen-Bucs 31 71.1 63.1 77.9 1098 Paradis-Panthers 32 66.6 53.6 69.4 568 Britt-Texans 31 66.2 57 70.8 614 Hill-Bengals 22 53.4 62.1 57.3 156 Hopkins-Bengals 30 51.3 56.1 48.5 928 G Age Overall Pass Block Run Block Snaps Tomlinson-49ers 30 74.7 74.8 74 1024 Scherff-Team 30 74.1 73.5 74.4 638 Cappa-Bucs 27 73.9 71.1 71 1122 Karras-Patriots 29 73.5 76.6 68.9 775 Williams-Cowboys 25 73.2 78.1 71.7 886 Spain-Bengals 31 71.5 59.9 76.4 995 Daniels-Bears 25 71.3 68.4 72.4 1039 Corbett-Rams 26 71 69.1 67.9 1016 Glowinski-Colts 30 70.7 62 71.6 786 Turner-Stealers 29 69.4 72.3 68.1 1006 Norwell-Jaguars 30 67.2 72.2 64.4 671 Smith-Bengals 24 55.1 54.9 3 Carman-Bengals 22 54.9 51.6 61.9 408 Adeniji-Bengals 24 50.5 50 50.4 518 Su'a-Filo-Bengals 31 50 52 49 124 T Age Overall Pass Block Run Block Snaps Compton-49ers 33 87.4 68.9 93.1 503 Brown-Patriots 29 81 82.9 75.1 428 Johnson-Bengals 25 80.7 66.1 81.9 78 Williams-Bengals 24 77.5 68.8 80.7 1044 Armstead-Saints 31 76.6 85.6 65.3 468 Brown-Chiefs 26 73.8 73.4 67.7 1049 Brown-Seahawks 37 71.5 69.5 70.4 911 Moses-Jets 31 71.5 66.6 75.1 978 Massie-Broncos 32 71 60.1 76.6 796 Fisher-Colts 31 68 60.4 73.8 836 Robinson-Jaguars 26 67.3 76.6 52.2 856 Reiff-Bengals 33 67.2 58.4 69.7 711 Prince-Bengals 25 63 52.3 75.3 330 Solder-Giants 34 59.4 51.1 66.1 867 Teams with worst cap space 23 Philadelphia Eagles 51 $13,864,275 24 Atlanta Falcons 31 $11,921,904 25 San Francisco 49ers 32 $10,439,931 26 Buffalo Bills 41 $9,450,186 27 Los Angeles Rams 44 $5,376,781 28 New York Giants 43 $2,813,246 29 Minnesota Vikings 47 -$11,175,728 30 Dallas Cowboys 42 -$11,496,405 31 Green Bay Packers 42 -$24,189,763 32 New Orleans Saints 40 -$61,514,107 Teams with the worst records 1 Jacksonville 2-14 2 Detroit 2-13- 3 Houston 4-12 4 NY Jets 4-12 5 NY Giants 4-12 6 Carolina 5-11 7 Seattle 6-10 8 Chicago 6-10 9 Washington 6-10 10 Atlanta 7-9 11 Denver 7-9 12 Minnesota 7-9 13 Cleveland 7-9 14 PHI 8-8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted January 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 Some thoughts 1.There are players at T, G and C in this Free Agency period but it is absolutely loaded at Guard. 2. I could see them going with Spain and Carman at the guards and trying to upgrade at C and RT. I am not sure Free Agency bears this out as the right choice. 3. Those super young guys look really enticing at Guard: Daniels, Williams, Corbett 4. The Cowboys might not have the money to retain Williams. 5. The Rams might not have the money to retain Allen and Corbett. 6. You could see Daniels wanting to go to a winner. (He is versatile and has played C and both Gs) 7. You could see Norwell wanting out of Jacksonville and he is from Cincinnati. 8. It's frustrating that we drafted Carman over Cosmi. Carman might be a stud but he is a project. Cosmi is starting at RT for the Redskins and playing well. 9. Is a year of Kelce coming back to his college roots to play with a playoff team worth a thought? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|High School Harry| Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 8 hours ago, MichaelWeston said: 8. It's frustrating that we drafted Carman over Cosmi. Carman might be a stud but he is a project. Cosmi is starting at RT for the Redskins and playing well. Its frustrating we drafted Carman over Creed Hunphrey... yeah, I know. My personal dead horse and now ancient history. Do you like the idea of bring back Reiff for a year, cheap, for grooming and maybe back up later in the year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|ArmyBengal| Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 Yes to resigning Reiff, I'd even go 2 yrs, just to let the younger guys get more experience yes to Spain, he's earned it. I like the 3 guys MW mentioned, one should be available I also think Karras might hit the market, Pats don't pay older G's like another org I know. I'd also love if they robbed the Ratbirds of Bozeman, the double benefit signing. Some great intangibles: Cincy is a place FAs want to come to Cincy has CAP Cincy has arguably one of the best line coaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungletiger Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 This FA season should be even more exciting than last year's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|High School Harry| Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 They just signed the big huggy bear from the CFL. A bit of tire kicking on him. However, if he was all that, someone would have signed him already. But... we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted January 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 7 minutes ago, High School Harry said: They just signed the big huggy bear from the CFL. A bit of tire kicking on him. However, if he was all that, someone would have signed him already. But... we'll see. I think that was just a workout....did they sign him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky151 Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 My guess is they will have a minimalist offseason, focused on re-signing 2021 Bengals. Bates will be tagged. Jonah Williams is eligible for a contract extension and may get it this year. So re-signing Spain and Reiff is very much a possibility. I'd go for Allen, the center from the Rams but the Bengals won't. Unless Linderbaum falls to us, we'll probably see Trey Hopkins out there again next season. We'll cut Waynes to pay for Bates tag or new deal, and draft a CB early. That's how we roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 Putting this here, Ill revisit this thread when the season is over. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Montana Bengal| Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 If we signed Bozeman, I would buy that Jersey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|SF2| Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Jamie_B said: Putting this here, Ill revisit this thread when the season is over. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/ Keep in mind cap probably going up about $25 mil in 2022. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_C_Deadpeople Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 3 hours ago, SF2 said: Keep in mind cap probably going up about $25 mil in 2022. And significantly more in 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claptonrocks Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 4 hours ago, sparky151 said: My guess is they will have a minimalist offseason, focused on re-signing 2021 Bengals. Bates will be tagged. Jonah Williams is eligible for a contract extension and may get it this year. So re-signing Spain and Reiff is very much a possibility. I'd go for Allen, the center from the Rams but the Bengals won't. Unless Linderbaum falls to us, we'll probably see Trey Hopkins out there again next season. We'll cut Waynes to pay for Bates tag or new deal, and draft a CB early. That's how we roll. Im thinking they sign a vet center.. draft a RT regardless of Reiff.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spicoli Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 I'm thinking they'll address the OL this off-season in pretty much the same manner that they addressed the DL last off-season. Even Mike Brown can see how close they are right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted January 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 9 hours ago, sparky151 said: My guess is they will have a minimalist offseason, focused on re-signing 2021 Bengals. Bates will be tagged. Jonah Williams is eligible for a contract extension and may get it this year. So re-signing Spain and Reiff is very much a possibility. I'd go for Allen, the center from the Rams but the Bengals won't. Unless Linderbaum falls to us, we'll probably see Trey Hopkins out there again next season. We'll cut Waynes to pay for Bates tag or new deal, and draft a CB early. That's how we roll. I think you are likely correct. I think they go big corner, big OL (No idea who) and then just our own bros and 1 year deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleEarl Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 14 hours ago, spicoli said: I'm thinking they'll address the OL this off-season in pretty much the same manner that they addressed the DL last off-season. Even Mike Brown can see how close they are right now. That would be great, but I’m not sure there is that kind of talent out there. Karras would be a good fit. Think he plays center as well as guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spicoli Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 57 minutes ago, UncleEarl said: That would be great, but I’m not sure there is that kind of talent out there. Well did you think Larry Ogunjobi and BJ Hill were some great talent acquisitions last off-season? They don't have to be household names in order to have big impacts. The talent is out there to find, just have to use due diligence in finding it....much like last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleEarl Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 55 minutes ago, spicoli said: Well did you think Larry Ogunjobi and BJ Hill were some great talent acquisitions last off-season? They don't have to be household names in order to have big impacts. The talent is out there to find, just have to use due diligence in finding it....much like last year. Ogunjobi was quite a talent. Underappreciated in Cleveland on a stacked DL. Reader was the season before, but I don't think there are any Readers out there on OL. Too valuable and rare. The Bengals can certainly improve with FA, considering the dreck they are working with currently. You also have to consider a certain amount of luck with FAs. It's like hiring for any job. The potential employee and their agent always put their best foot forward. You never know for sure until you see them work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_C_Deadpeople Posted January 10, 2022 Report Share Posted January 10, 2022 I saw a mock draft that had us picking a CB because, they said, “the Bengals really miss WJ III”. Tells you how much some of these draft clowns actually know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalifBengalfan Posted January 10, 2022 Report Share Posted January 10, 2022 54 minutes ago, I_C_Deadpeople said: I saw a mock draft that had us picking a CB because, they said, “the Bengals really miss WJ III”. Tells you how much some of these draft clowns actually know. Idiots, LMAO. They obviously don`t know shit about the Bengals. No one misses that guy. Not when we have Chido and Hilton for probably the same money. That was a deal letting him walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarkster Posted January 10, 2022 Report Share Posted January 10, 2022 On 1/8/2022 at 10:10 AM, ArmyBengal said: Yes to resigning Reiff, I'd even go 2 yrs, just to let the younger guys get more experience yes to Spain, he's earned it. I like the 3 guys MW mentioned, one should be available I also think Karras might hit the market, Pats don't pay older G's like another org I know. I'd also love if they robbed the Ratbirds of Bozeman, the double benefit signing. Some great intangibles: Cincy is a place FAs want to come to Cincy has CAP Cincy has arguably one of the best line coaches. I'm hoping there is at least one (or two) OL who might want to come to Cincinnati (at the right price of course) just to block for Burrow. More than one of last year's defensive FA's cited Joe as at least a partial reason for choosing the Bengals. After THE Franchise's showing this season (as well as those of his weapons) I think the chances are such incentives have improved. I think he has a chance to be that kind of draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalFanInTO Posted January 10, 2022 Report Share Posted January 10, 2022 To me, you want continuity even when you're talking about a terrible offensive line. Quinton Spain is a must re-sign for me. Targets in free agency for me include James Daniels, Ben Jones, Morgan Moses, Brian Allen and Austin Corbett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted January 10, 2022 Report Share Posted January 10, 2022 12 minutes ago, BengalFanInTO said: To me, you want continuity even when you're talking about a terrible offensive line. Quinton Spain is a must re-sign for me. Targets in free agency for me include James Daniels, Ben Jones, Morgan Moses, Brian Allen and Austin Corbett. I like Daniels and the last two on that list, but prefer to stay away from guys 30+ years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalFanInTO Posted January 10, 2022 Report Share Posted January 10, 2022 3 hours ago, Jamie_B said: I like Daniels and the last two on that list, but prefer to stay away from guys 30+ years old. I'm not worried about a guy who is 30 years old on the line in today's NFL. I am also hoping the Bengals are looking at 2-3 year contract guys which will be mixed in with prospects like Adeniji, Carman and ideally some solid draft picks. In particular, I'd like a veteran Center to tie them all together. Ben Jones fits the bill and comes from a wide zone blocking scheme which is what the Bengals run, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claptonrocks Posted January 10, 2022 Report Share Posted January 10, 2022 2 hours ago, BengalFanInTO said: I'm not worried about a guy who is 30 years old on the line in today's NFL. I am also hoping the Bengals ae looking at 2-3 year contract guys which will be mixed in with prospects like Adeniji, Carman and ideally some solid draft picks. In particular, I'd like a veteran Center to tie them all together. Ben Jones fits the bill and comes from a wide zone blocking scheme which is what the Bengals run, I believe. Veteran center yes..draft an RT as well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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