WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:03.680 We talked about we would do if we were running things for the Cincinnati Bengals. 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:07.360 Let's talk about what we think they will do in this year's free agency 3 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:13.759 period. You are Locked On Bengals, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast, part 4 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:35.479 of the Locked On podcast network, your team every day. Hellout Bengals fans, 5 00:00:35.479 --> 00:00:38.640 and welcome to another episode of the Lockdown Bengals podcast. I'm your host, 6 00:00:38.719 --> 00:00:41.240 Jake, Let's go. He's your host, James Rape. Today we're 7 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:44.520 going to get into what the Bengals will do in free agency, and we'll 8 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:47.920 probably get the players slightly wrong, but we have a pretty good idea of 9 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:52.880 what their plan A is. Their plans can of course change. 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And James, 18 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:23.799 let's start with what we think the Bengals are going to do in free agency. 19 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:26.760 We have an endea. Yeah, well of course we do, right, 20 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:30.799 We've spent weeks months talking about it, thinking about it, and the 21 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:34.239 Bengals. First things first, I do think they're going to be aggressive. 22 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:38.359 I think Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Make sure you subscribe on YouTube and 23 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:42.319 follow wherever you get your podcasts, because I have a feeling we're going to 24 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:46.519 be doing a lot of bonus shows, not just our normal five a week, 25 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:51.920 and we'll have nuggets and information and insight all throughout this free agency period 26 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:55.560 because they just have a lot of holes to fill. Jake and I expect 27 00:01:55.640 --> 00:02:00.879 them to address defensive tackle, and address right tackle, and sign a tight 28 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:07.240 end or multiple, address the weird safety market and take advantage of that by 29 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:12.360 getting someone in that room a veteran and is that a twenty four year old, 30 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:15.560 is that a thirty two year old? I think that element is interesting 31 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:21.960 at both defensive tackle and in mid twenties at least and safety. But I 32 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:24.960 expect the Bengals to be aggressive. I expect them to spend money. It's 33 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:29.639 really a matter of who do they spend it on. I think a big 34 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:34.680 priority, and probably their biggest priority, is in the tackle rooms. At 35 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:38.120 defensive tackle. I think they'll bring out an outside body in at least one, 36 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:42.560 and I expect them to sign a veteran right tackle that they think can 37 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:46.840 start if need be. Yeah, And it's challenging to find and we've talked 38 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:52.240 about this over the last week, where they're going to have a bigger contract 39 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:57.159 hit. It's challenging to get through all of their cap space. When you 40 00:02:57.199 --> 00:02:59.479 go through some of the players, you expect them to sign for some of 41 00:02:59.479 --> 00:03:01.280 the contracts that are projected. And by the way, Brad Spielberger has been 42 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:06.080 pretty on it for some of the bigger deals that have happened so far, 43 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:09.280 and it looks like he's wrong at first because the initial reports for contracts are 44 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:14.599 like, yeah, Ezra Cleveland three years thirty million, and then it turns 45 00:03:14.639 --> 00:03:19.240 out as three years twenty four million, And Brad got the guarantees correct to 46 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:24.599 the dollar for Ezra Cleveland, for example. So that's happening but when you 47 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:30.280 look at his contract projections and the players we think the Bengals might go after, 48 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:35.719 and you put all that into what it would cost the Bengals from a 49 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:42.319 cap perspective, it's legitimately hard for me to find a way to spend all 50 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:46.400 their money. And they'll maybe do some extensions that'll bite into that as well, 51 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:51.080 like maybe we'll see an Evan McPherson extension this offseason. Maybe we will 52 00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:54.360 see the Jamar Chase extension come a year earlier than it needs to come, 53 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:57.800 where they can do a fifth year after they have two more years of control. 54 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:00.919 But he's extension eligible the way they did with Burl last year, and 55 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:03.919 they are sent ofvized to do so, but Jamar Chase is incentivized to wait. 56 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:10.879 By the way, But outside of some bigger money extensions for guys on 57 00:04:10.919 --> 00:04:14.599 the team, which could be what they're carving out money for James, it's 58 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:17.879 hard to figure out where they're spending money in free agency and where they're making 59 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:21.759 a splash if we're excluding guys like Christian Wilkins and Chris Jones, which we 60 00:04:21.879 --> 00:04:27.199 more or less are. Yeah, I agree, and so I don't want 61 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:31.639 to completely exclude Wilkins. I think it's like we made that mistake last year, 62 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:35.800 right zo point zero three percent. I think it's very low. There's 63 00:04:35.839 --> 00:04:40.480 a chance, and it's the Jim carry this, So you tell me there's 64 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:43.639 a chance. There's a chance, and so never say never, because we 65 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:46.759 know he's hitting the market. And so if he's hitting the market, could 66 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:49.680 they go that route? Yeah? They could. And yet I look at 67 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:59.680 this defensive line arena and to me, what do I think they want to 68 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:06.480 keep? I think that keeping him doesn't it doesn't satisfy my question marks about 69 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:09.959 that defensive tackle room because I just don't know what he's going to be post 70 00:05:09.959 --> 00:05:14.199 injury. I get there aren't many concerns, Like it just feels like everyone 71 00:05:14.199 --> 00:05:15.560 thinks he's going to bounce back again and be fine, and he very well 72 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:21.639 could be. Can the Bengals bank on that? I don't think that they're 73 00:05:21.639 --> 00:05:27.519 as high on this draft class a defensive tackle as some and so this idea 74 00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:30.160 that they're taking a defensive tackle at eighteen and that's how they suck, I 75 00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:33.959 don't think that's super realistic either, and so I want to see a lot 76 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:38.439 of the money go towards defensive tackle and if it's not Christian Wilkins. To 77 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:44.480 your point, are they going Tier Tart plus Sheldon Rankins plus DJ Reader. 78 00:05:44.959 --> 00:05:47.319 I don't think they do that either, even though that's kind of what I 79 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:53.240 would do, is I would be prioritizing it to that level and getting multiple 80 00:05:53.279 --> 00:05:57.480 bodies in that mid tier, not just one, and not just Reader and 81 00:05:57.519 --> 00:06:00.399 a piece. That's what I would do. To me, I think they 82 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:05.480 try to bring back Reader and then add one and I'm going to be here 83 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:09.519 two three weeks from now, like, all right, well that's probably not 84 00:06:09.680 --> 00:06:12.680 enough, even if you do add a defensive tackle in the draft. But 85 00:06:12.720 --> 00:06:15.839 what do we think they're going to do. So, say they're prioritizing DJ 86 00:06:15.959 --> 00:06:17.759 Reader, they really would like him back. Say we take them at their 87 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:21.160 word for what they said at the combine where they're trying to find a way 88 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:25.560 to bring him back. They find a way to bring Reader back. They 89 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:28.879 presumably know more about his injury and recovery than we do. He's been in 90 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:32.240 the building every day, as Luen and Reumo pointed out at the Combine, 91 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:38.199 doing his rehab, which will stop perhaps by the time you listen to this 92 00:06:38.240 --> 00:06:41.199 episode when the new league year, will probably not by the time you've listened 93 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:44.079 to this episode. But when the new league year hits in his contract officially 94 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:48.879 expires, he can, I think technically because legal tampering isn't the new league 95 00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:53.120 year? Yeah, I think Monday he could be working out there, yes, 96 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:56.959 And so you know how awkward that would be if it's like, hey, 97 00:06:57.079 --> 00:07:00.639 the insert whatever team is willing to offer you this, all right, 98 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:02.439 let's go there, and he's like, all right, let me finish up 99 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:05.839 working out. I don't know if we'll be there on money. You probably 100 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:12.279 stay home from school that day. And I wonder, right, so, 101 00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:17.079 if we're talking about defensive tackle, they're one hundred signing a nose tackle? 102 00:07:18.199 --> 00:07:23.560 Is that DJ Reader? Is that Grover Stewart? Is that Tier Tart? 103 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:30.680 Is that a lower dollar player like Raykwon Davis, Ashan Robinson, Poona Ford 104 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:36.120 going down the list? Right, that's what we need to determine. I 105 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:42.639 think their Plan A is DJ Reader. I think their Plan B is Tier 106 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:46.079 Tart, And perhaps both of those things are actually Plan A. But I 107 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:50.680 think that they probably only want to spend big money on one nose tackle, 108 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:56.480 and then you need a Josh Chupo replacement, and that's where you start to 109 00:07:56.480 --> 00:08:01.800 talk about some of those lower dollar guys like the Puna Foord the World, 110 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:05.519 and I think that's kind of where they're starting. And I think you're also 111 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:11.879 looking for a depth piece at three Tech, and that's where I really wonder 112 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:15.160 how much money they'll spend if it is just the two million dollar Maurice Hirst 113 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:18.199 flyer or if it's something a little bit more substantial. I know that Javon 114 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:22.720 Kinlaw has been talked about quite a bit with all the potential he had coming 115 00:08:22.720 --> 00:08:26.480 out of the draft, or if they go for the veteran the solid piece, 116 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:30.560 and we talked about and now what will we do the Shelby Harris. 117 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:33.480 Still hard to project them doing the one year deals for the thirty plus year 118 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:35.559 olds because they haven't done it. But if I were handicapping it, I 119 00:08:35.600 --> 00:08:39.720 would think dj veaders plan A tier Tart's Plan B. And also in addition 120 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:43.000 to that, they're looking for a three Tech rotational piece. Yeah, I 121 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:48.240 agree, and they need to. They have to find something there. And 122 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:54.360 Kim Law fits the age profile. But is that do they think he can 123 00:08:54.480 --> 00:08:58.960 produce at that level? I do wonder that I'm just looking here. Maybe 124 00:09:00.159 --> 00:09:03.519 it is Maurice Hurst you know, maybe they go because to me, he's 125 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:07.399 he's the guy that could actually make the impact that you're looking for. I 126 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:13.279 will say this, they it feels like they're going to address it, thinking 127 00:09:15.120 --> 00:09:18.240 that DJ Reader is going to be ready to go early in twenty twenty four, 128 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:22.759 early in the season, and I just I think that that's that scares 129 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:26.399 me a little because I just don't know, and I don't think they know, 130 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:30.000 and they're banking and there would be a little blind faith there. But 131 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:35.039 what do I expect them to do. I think they will sign Reader and 132 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:41.039 maybe you're right, miss out on a tart level guy, and then I 133 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:43.919 think they'll get in on one of these one of these guys. You know, 134 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:50.279 is it Rankins? Could they go Reader? Rankins? I think that's 135 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:54.360 that's thirty five million dollars on that's starter level money for three defensive tackles. 136 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:56.679 I don't think the Bengals do it. I mean, we've talked about this. 137 00:09:56.000 --> 00:10:00.360 I don't think the Bengals like to play pay starter level money for aational 138 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:03.960 pieces. They haven't done it. We'll see that. And that's the dilemma 139 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:09.000 because I would be willing to in this class. It doesn't feel like it. 140 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:11.799 You're right, and so where do they spend it? Let's continue. 141 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:15.399 So we think they're going to addressed defensive tackle, maybe not to the level 142 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:18.679 that some expect. We will continue the what would they do portion of the 143 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:24.320 program coming up next, Passion Drive in patience. What brings home the winning 144 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:26.679 trophy is also what keeps your rider die alive. eBay Motors has everything you 145 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:31.320 need to maintain your vehicle and level it up to peak performance, from LED 146 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:35.000 headlights, roof racks, exhaust kits, and so much more. Whether you're 147 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:39.039 in the speed power style, eBay Motors has it. With over one hundred 148 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:43.080 and twenty two million parts for your number one rider die, You'll always find 149 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:46.799 exactly what you're looking for with eBay Guaranteed Fit. 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If it's the age 159 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:26.799 profile, yep, twenty seven. But let's talk tackle. We've we've talked 160 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:31.039 defensive tackle to death. We think nose tackle for sure. I think DJ 161 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:35.559 Vaders plan a Grover Stewart might be one of their plans, if it's like 162 00:11:35.600 --> 00:11:37.840 a two year deal. But just because of the age, I like it. 163 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:41.240 I like Grover Stewart, I do. And you're right, the age, 164 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:45.240 that's what's really tough. And I've seen some of the YouTube comments. 165 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:48.320 We're basing it. We're not agis against thirty year olds. The Bengals just 166 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:54.320 haven't targeted those guys in free agency. They immightly averse to it. They 167 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:58.360 they do it, they might have to a defensive tackle. They might have 168 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:01.759 to this year. Might yeah, because because like the class on the whole, 169 00:12:01.799 --> 00:12:03.639 the texture of the free agency class on the whole is a little bit 170 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:09.360 older and not very top heavy and so like previous years where they've signed a 171 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:13.240 bunch of our tier three guys and our free agency list is out there. 172 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:15.440 You've got it on all Bengals dot Com, we've tweeted it, we sent 173 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:20.840 it out to our Lockdown Bengals insiders one day early joined subjects dot com slash 174 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:26.639 Locktown Bengals if you want to join that crew. But they've gone for these 175 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:30.440 tier three guys, these mid mid level money guys, and they've they've hit 176 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:33.080 They've been really really good there. They've been one of the best teams in 177 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:35.399 free agency in recent years. So they need to get back to that this 178 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:39.720 year and find those guys that were not anticipating being big difference makers and be 179 00:12:39.840 --> 00:12:45.039 smarter than us again. Can it? Let me run a scenario bite if 180 00:12:45.080 --> 00:12:48.759 they signed Tier Tart, What would you be okay with tartan Stewart even though 181 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:52.440 they're both kind of in the same realm with bj Hill like you think that 182 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:56.360 fits? Would I be okay? To? What do I think the Bengals 183 00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:58.080 would do that? You you this is I know, this is what would 184 00:12:58.080 --> 00:13:03.200 they do? But say Reader signs elsewhere they already have Tart under contract, 185 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:07.759 and then they pivot to Stewart and we're talking about those three and then who 186 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:11.399 knows that at that three tech roll, I think you still could go get 187 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:15.720 a Hurst for low end money. But how would you feel about that trio. 188 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:22.039 I think that it's solid, like you don't have a you don't have 189 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:26.279 a donkey to use, you know, the Paul Danner terminology there, like 190 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:28.919 the no donkeys theory on the interior defensive line. You could go that way. 191 00:13:30.440 --> 00:13:33.279 Yep, No, I agree, And I think that's got to be 192 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:39.639 their mindset, especially if the big dog DJ gets away and there is a 193 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:41.080 chance he gets away, there's a chance they resign him. I think they 194 00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:45.360 want him. I think we've seen it work out before them. We've seen 195 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:48.840 it not work out before. So we'll see their right tackle is going to 196 00:13:48.840 --> 00:13:54.919 be an outside higher, that is mister outside higher. And who will it 197 00:13:54.919 --> 00:14:01.320 be? This screams to me, Jake Mack i Becton. I think what 198 00:14:01.440 --> 00:14:03.120 will they do? I think they may target him. He may be the 199 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:09.440 guy because he's almost twenty five, he's in mid twenties going into his prime. 200 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:13.600 Frank Pollack I assume believes in him since he was there with the Jets 201 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:18.440 when they picked him eleventh overall, and I think Beckton will look at it 202 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:22.799 as all right, I can go start there and I can go build my 203 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:26.639 NFL resume a bit with a guy that believed in me four years ago. 204 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:30.480 So to me, I think they signed Makai Beckton. I know we've talked 205 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:35.240 about Illuminaor and on WNU and Trent Brown. I think Beckton is high on 206 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:37.200 their list, and that's who I think they end up with. That's the 207 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:43.600 one that seems to make a lot of sense if they don't go that route, 208 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:45.840 they don't go for one of those topic guys. Because I wouldn't rule 209 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:48.200 out Trent Brown, I wouldn't rule out Makai Beckson. I think Makai Beckton 210 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:54.120 is threading the needle of some of the things they've talked about. You know 211 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:58.559 that the guy to rebuild his career, young, ascending pedigree, familiarity with 212 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:01.639 the offense of line coach. But maybe they look at their history and they 213 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:05.080 say, you know what, we've tried stuff like that before, and we 214 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:09.559 want somebody who has shown that he can do it for a longer period of 215 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:11.679 time. I do agree with you that I think becked in if we had 216 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:16.279 to pick a name out of a hat is the name that we would pick. 217 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:22.519 I don't know why there's not more thought about, like, what's the 218 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:26.320 difference if you're looking for a one year bridge option to your pick at eighteen, 219 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:31.919 which seems like a very likely potential plan A between Beckton for a year 220 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:37.879 with his injury history and the level of play he showed last year and a 221 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:41.639 guy like Cam Fleming who is very unexciting but has been a good pass protector 222 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:45.000 in the league for a long time. And if you're doing a one year 223 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:48.480 bridge option, how different is Cam Fleming from Riley Reef. I mean, 224 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:52.879 there's the difference. Riley Reef had a much higher peak, but at the 225 00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:54.759 point in the career where you got Riley Reef. I mean, if you're 226 00:15:54.799 --> 00:16:00.399 upset that they missed out on Chukuoma ocor for who went to New England, 227 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:03.399 you know, I see those guys as pretty similar pass protectors, and you 228 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:07.600 can look at other athletic younger guys coming off their first yeals of yosh Nijman 229 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:12.480 from from Green Bay as well. But it's really hard to find a right 230 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:15.399 tackle that checks all the boxes, which is why we keep coming back to 231 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:18.879 these short term solutions. Yeah, I was surprised they weren't in on a 232 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:22.159 core of four. The moment he got released, I thought, oh, 233 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:25.600 well, you could just try to get him and do it because the Patriots 234 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:29.960 have the need there and now it just it clears them to potentially address it 235 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:32.720 with their thirty fifth pick or whatever they have in the draft, and it 236 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:36.759 just gives them somebody right as they lose Trent Brown and potentially Mike and Wanu 237 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:40.639 two. So yeah, I was surprised that they're just there aren't a ton 238 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:44.879 of options. And I think they'll look at the age the profile of Bectin 239 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:48.960 and that will sway them to your point, if it's just one year anyway, 240 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:52.120 why And I think their answer would be, well, there's potential with 241 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:56.559 Bectin, and who knows, maybe he is good and then maybe he does 242 00:16:56.240 --> 00:17:00.279 become part of the long term solution. I think it's a small percentage, 243 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:04.440 but I do think it's why he would have the edge over at cam Fleming, 244 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:08.240 where it's guaranteed it would be a one and done type scenario like Riley 245 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:12.319 Reef, which I think everyone knew going into it. It's a bit different 246 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:15.559 with Becton. If he does play well next year, say for them at 247 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:19.880 right tackle. I just want to really quickly check before we move on to 248 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:23.480 where Beckton has played lately. So he did play a little bit at right 249 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:26.640 tackle to start the year in twenty twenty three, but then was a left 250 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:29.799 tackle, and then you go back to his rookie year, I think he 251 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:33.720 was a left tackle all year. So he did play two games at right 252 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:37.400 tackle in the NFL and one of those was against Dallas. One of them 253 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:45.400 was against Buffalo early in the year. At least he's done it, so 254 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:52.200 there's that. Yeah. I really don't mind the upside swing there either. 255 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:57.839 It's just that's because the free agency group at right tackle doesn't offer terribly compelling 256 00:17:57.880 --> 00:18:00.880 solutions and you're probably setting up to pick a guy in the draft, right 257 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:07.680 Yeah. Yeah, And that's really with any of these guys, even if 258 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:11.839 they signed Mike and Leno. I'd feel that way where you do it and 259 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:15.079 it's not preventing you. Now they might say it would prevent them, but 260 00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:18.799 it's not preventing you. You do not want to prevent yourself from being able 261 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:21.720 to take a tackle and feel great about it at pick eighteen. That is 262 00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:26.079 a good point. The money thing does not lie with the Bengals. If 263 00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:27.920 they're paying you guys, starter level money, he's going to start for them, 264 00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:30.559 probably the position they signed him to start. Look at teight Carris. 265 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:33.039 Yes, we talked about, Oh they can move Ted Harris to guard every 266 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:37.200 He's going to start at center for them next year. Man, I'm just 267 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:40.119 glad. I'm not glad he ended up with the Ravens, but I was 268 00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:42.119 in on Lenarbaum that year. You know, we shouted from the mountaintops. 269 00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:45.359 They weren't. I'm just glad they couldn't pass on him because if they would 270 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:48.920 have passed on him, I'd have been like, oh no, because he's 271 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:52.720 obviously really good. Let's get to all of the other positions. We spend 272 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:57.200 a lot of time on trenches. Look, it's a trench appropriately trench focused 273 00:18:57.279 --> 00:19:02.279 free agency period for the Bengals. We expect them to be in and examining 274 00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:06.880 it and as of now, we'll see. But let's get to safety and 275 00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:08.640 running back and all of these other positions that we need to get to them. 276 00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:14.000 We'll speed things up a bet coming up next. Today's show is brought 277 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:18.599 to you by FanDuel fandel Is, America's number one sports book Say goodbye to 278 00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:22.960 busted brackets because Fandel lets you bet on every game of the tournament. Yes, 279 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:27.200 it is tournament time, and well, unfortunately my Bearcats are going to 280 00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:30.920 be on the outside looking at it. I'm afraid. 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If your 290 00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:07.000 first five dollars bet wins again, that's Fandle dot Com slash locked on. 291 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:11.160 In bet on college hoops until they cut down the nets. You gotta hit 292 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:14.559 tight end, we got to hit safety, We got to hit running back. 293 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:18.160 Let's go let's start with tight end, but we could speed this up. 294 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:19.480 We know what they're gonna do. Let's go ty. I think they're 295 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:25.119 going to do. They are going to sign Hayden Hurst for the league minimum 296 00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:27.960 because he's getting paid by the Panthers in twenty twenty four and he will be 297 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:33.319 free virtually for the Bengals this year. They're going to bring back Drew Sample, 298 00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:37.759 They're going to bring back Tanner Hudson unless he gets a better offer than 299 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.839 they're willing to pay. I don't think they're willing to pay any of those 300 00:20:38.839 --> 00:20:41.400 guys very much. They're going to go cheap with the position. Again. 301 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:45.920 I don't think they're in on Noah Fan who's now at the top, the 302 00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:48.920 very top of the market, with Hunter Henry and Dalton Schultz signing deals before 303 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:52.079 free agency hits. You know, maybe they kick the tires on one of 304 00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:57.119 the lower end guys like Kobe Parkinson Adam Troutman. Maybe they talk to Mike 305 00:20:57.160 --> 00:21:00.119 Gaseki as well. They've passed on that up opportunity of the last few years 306 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:04.720 when maybe the price tag is more appealing to them this year. But there 307 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:10.880 is a pretty clear path that's tight yep, Hayden Hurst. I agree with 308 00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:12.640 you on Kobe Parkets, and I think they could be in on him, 309 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:17.839 Tanner Huts and drews Hample. That's what I expect. Again, I never 310 00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:21.000 expected them to break the bank for Noah Fan anyways, and now that I 311 00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:23.799 expect him to get ten plus million per year because he's really the only guy, 312 00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:27.000 so I think his projection is going to go up and it's not a 313 00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:33.119 great class. I agree with you on tight end. Safety is interesting because 314 00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:36.119 safety is something we've talked a ton about. I would be in on Jordan 315 00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:40.279 Poyer for like two million bucks. I would try to steal him. And 316 00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:45.519 yet I think they're going to go bigger than that and find someone in that 317 00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:48.960 six set. We've talked about it and it frustrates me, but I just 318 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:51.839 think it's going to happen. That six to nine million dollar range is the 319 00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:53.920 number you've thrown out to me like when we've messaged, and I feel like 320 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:57.200 that's accurate. I think that they're going to be in there. Will that 321 00:21:57.279 --> 00:22:02.759 be enough to get as Javier McKinnie, Probably not, but I think you 322 00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:07.519 could get a tier below that in a quality safety that they like. And 323 00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:08.960 I don't love it, but I think that's what they're going to do. 324 00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:14.880 And the NFL is going cheap at safety safety very much so at this point 325 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:18.759 seems to be the running back of the defensive position where the market just isn't 326 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:23.519 there, although the marketed positions that aren't tackles, quarterbacks or wide receivers in 327 00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:29.640 the NFL is also just not exploding the way those positions are. But you 328 00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:33.759 start to get to the Geno Stone Jordan Whitehead, I think that's who it 329 00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:40.640 is. The group of guys. Sure, I think that maybe that's Plan 330 00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:44.000 A right, and then one of those other guys could be Planned B. 331 00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:48.480 Genostone, a guy they're familiar with, a guy that does the free safety 332 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:52.039 things. They want a guy that played in a complicated defense, the Mike 333 00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:53.799 McDonald defense, which we talked about. You need to be a pretty smart 334 00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:59.799 player to play in that defense the way that they disguise. They also will 335 00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:04.319 have competition for Mike McDonald, who has no safeties in Seattle for Ginostone services. 336 00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:10.559 Ginostone playing a thousand snaps for the Ravens last year. So one of 337 00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:15.640 those guys start with Genostone sounds good to me. And then we can talk 338 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:18.920 running back, but there are a lot of options of safety. They're going 339 00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:22.799 to sign a starting free safety to starting level money. They'll probably cut Nick 340 00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:26.079 Scott as soon as that deal is done, and then we can talk about 341 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:29.720 running back. Yeah. Yeah, I agree with you. Running back is 342 00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:33.119 interesting. I think they get cheaper there as well. I don't know exactly 343 00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:36.839 who they like. I think Zach Moss makes sense, but I just think 344 00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:38.640 the Clyde Edwards a layer thing. I've been on it, and maybe I'm 345 00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:44.039 dead wrong, maybe they're not in I think that's someone that they could target 346 00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:48.920 and sign really really cheap and open up their draft board and it would be 347 00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:52.519 enough to get cheaper in that room and save money and use that elsewhere. 348 00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:56.160 So that would be a guy to mention. But I do think Zach Moss 349 00:23:56.160 --> 00:24:00.599 makes a ton of sense. But they also could like steal a DeAndre Swift 350 00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:03.559 or someone of that tier because it's such a flooded market. It would not 351 00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:07.960 shock me at all if they're able to stumble in kind of like safety to 352 00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:11.039 someone like that. Yeah, I think they're trying to get cheaper at running 353 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:12.960 back is going to be the great thing. I do expect that they will 354 00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:15.559 move on from Joe Mixon. I wouldn't say that's in stone. I think 355 00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:19.839 the family might want to keep mixing around, but they want to get cheaper 356 00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:22.839 the position. Mixon, I think, to his credit, does want to 357 00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:27.240 stay in Cincinnati, but they've got that three million dollar roster bonus to negotiate. 358 00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:33.640 Gus Edwards and Zach Moss are pretty similar tiers of player to me, 359 00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:37.160 and both are projected to get the same two year, three point seventy five 360 00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:42.119 million a year kind of contract. Danta Foreman, Dante Foreman, the Antonio 361 00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:45.480 Gibson, clydevers A Layer, some other names. So if they wanted to 362 00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:48.920 double dip and go like Zach Moss, clydevers a Layer and those guys combined 363 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:53.279 to cost probably a little bit less than mixing, you can see it. 364 00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:56.920 And then they might draft a guy too, or maybe they go one drafted 365 00:24:56.920 --> 00:25:00.000 guy and then bring somebody else in later. If their goal is to get 366 00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:03.759 cheaper, I don't know why they wouldn't just go Chase Clyde and then draft, 367 00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:08.240 you know. I think I think they just they want somebody with experience 368 00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:12.240 like that, that guts. I'd where Zach Moskat a player too, sure, 369 00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:17.160 and we'll see there. And I do wonder if those projections are too 370 00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:21.200 high. I really do, because there's just so many last year, right, 371 00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:26.200 Like it's weird. It is weird because I get it. I also 372 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:30.880 think somaj would be lost in this year's class because there's just so there's so 373 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:36.519 many. And also it maybe just means there's that tier doesn't get impacted, 374 00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:40.000 but the high tier just comes down some that that could be what it is 375 00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:44.480 too. From a crunching standpoint, do you think I'm trying to think here 376 00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:47.640 cornerback? You've been in on corner a little bit. Do you think they 377 00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:49.799 had a veteran I think I think so. I think a three million dollar 378 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:55.240 or so corner. That's the Christian Fulton s Dane Jackson's a Meek Robertson's of 379 00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:59.319 the world, Rock Your Sin like that tier of corner. One of those 380 00:25:59.359 --> 00:26:03.960 guys I don't have name. I don't have a specific target there. Fulton 381 00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:06.599 is the guy that I keep coming back to. He's actually a second round 382 00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:08.400 pick, not a first round pick like I thought he was. But Cheeto, 383 00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:15.759 Cheeto, what about Cheeto? I think he comes back Okay, cheap, 384 00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:19.039 cheap. I don't think he's going to have a big market. I 385 00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:22.039 really don't. The way he has a big market is at the top of 386 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:26.480 this cornerback free agency group is just non existent. And I just I don't 387 00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:30.960 think he's that. And maybe I'm wrong, you know, maybe there's a 388 00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:33.480 team that says, let's go get him. But I would be a bit 389 00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:37.519 surprised. Have we hit on all of them? Are there any dark horse 390 00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:40.480 positions that you think we could be? Like, where are they going to 391 00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:44.079 surprise us? I don't think they're signing a wide receiver Harrison, Butker, 392 00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:49.519 I'm serious surprised. I think that there is a I don't think it's out 393 00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:53.839 of the realm. We've talked about Kicker a punter. You said Butcker. 394 00:26:56.039 --> 00:27:00.279 No, No, sorry, JEEZL, I did say Butker. Sorry wrong, 395 00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:03.160 Kansas City. Good Look, why would I say Butker? Tommy Townsend, 396 00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:07.400 Tommy Townsend, all right, Okay, my bad, Sorry money Mack. 397 00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:10.640 You got your money mack nickname from this pod? All right, So 398 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:15.079 I'm sorry. I did not mean that. No, I think Tommy Townsend. 399 00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:18.200 I think we've talked about where are they going to spend their money? 400 00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:21.200 It would not shock me if they look up and they're like, can we 401 00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:26.799 just solve this and be done? If anything, for McPherson, it would 402 00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:30.880 be the kicker move the kicker. Well yeah, yeah, yeah, sorry, 403 00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:33.880 but that would be surprising to me. It would, but it would 404 00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:37.160 not shock me. But maybe that's where they spend money because we can't find 405 00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:40.000 a place for them to spend this money. That's right. Maybe they're like, 406 00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:42.000 hey, we have money to put them down. What will they do? 407 00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:47.759 We'll put Tommy Townsend down. I will say this, it was the 408 00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:51.960 door wasn't shut on it at the combine. Yeah, so if it's not 409 00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:55.319 shut on punter, there's at least a chance. And he held for Evan 410 00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:57.559 McPherson a Florida, So there's Oh, there's that. There you go. 411 00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:03.039 Let's talk about this compensatory pick stuff real quick before we get out of here 412 00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:06.480 real quick. So we have summarize what we think they will do. Yeah, 413 00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:08.960 we have them signing Geno Stone or someone of that level, bringing back 414 00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:15.839 DJ Reader, signing to your Tart Hayden Hurst, Mackay Beckton, a Zach 415 00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:19.200 Moss level running back. Moving on from Joe Mixon and signing Tommy Townsend and 416 00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:22.119 moving on from Mixon is not in Stone. We also have them moving on 417 00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:29.240 from Nick Scott as well, and I don't miss anything. I don't think 418 00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:32.839 Tyler Boyd is back. I don't think they have extended an offer. I 419 00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:37.200 think you will go elsewhere in free agency and that that has run its course 420 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:41.799 in Cincinnati. Yeah, we've feeling about Tyler Boyd so quickly. On the 421 00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:47.839 compensatory pick subject, the Cincinnati Bengals were awarded two sixth round compensatory picks by 422 00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:52.599 the NFL Management Council, who manages all of the cop pick stuff every year, 423 00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:56.640 and that was a bit of a surprise. We were expecting a fifth 424 00:28:56.440 --> 00:29:03.680 for von Bell and a sixth I believe for samaj p Ryan or whatever other 425 00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:07.039 free agent that would were. There were a couple of six round guys that 426 00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:11.920 could have been the sixth round pick. Instead they get two six But Nick 427 00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:17.839 Cordyo overthcap dot com, who tracks the compensatory projections every year with a now 428 00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:21.559 public formula. By the way, this is not the black box it once 429 00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:25.359 was. The new CBA publicized this formula. We know exactly how it works, 430 00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:30.880 and he thinks that there might have been a mistake and the reason that 431 00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:33.440 there might have been a mistake is the way that they figure out where the 432 00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:37.799 cutoffs are for each round. Is this based on the percent of value compared 433 00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:42.440 to the rest of the NFL in the top five percent of the NFL in 434 00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:48.400 their formula, which is money, playtime, honors, give you some bonus 435 00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:53.079 points for playtime and honors kind of tiebreakers. You get a list of eighteen 436 00:29:53.160 --> 00:30:00.559 hundred or so players that go into the list, and according to that list, 437 00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:06.480 there are some teams that maybe should have gotten more than they did. 438 00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:12.400 And the reason for that is that, for whatever reason, this year there 439 00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:18.200 were only sixty four players in the pool, or sixty two players in the 440 00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:26.920 pool that would have qualified for third round picks. And you look at previous 441 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:32.359 years, and the lowest number of players that it's been to qualify for a 442 00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:36.680 third round pick in the last ten years is ninety five. This year is 443 00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:41.119 sixty two. It's typically ninety five to one hundred and five in that range, 444 00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:44.920 right around one hundred players. This year, for some reason, it 445 00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:48.200 was only sixty two, which leads us all to think. After Nick Cordy's 446 00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:52.759 analysis and he points us out for the first time that something looks weird. 447 00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:56.680 Something is off. This year probably primarily affects the forty nine ers and the 448 00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:04.200 and the bills for Tremaine Edmans and Mike McGlinchey, but also could impact the 449 00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:08.519 Bengals, where Jesse Bates is player number sixty three, and if the cutoff 450 00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:14.640 is at sixty two, well that's just bad luck for the Bengals. However, 451 00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:18.640 it's not quite so simple, because, like I said, usually there's 452 00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:22.319 ninety five or more players in that top group that third round group. Orlando 453 00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:27.680 Brown will be ninety one, so it's possible that both Orlando Brown and Jesse 454 00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:32.799 Bates would be third rounders, still canceling each other out. It's also possible 455 00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:37.400 that there's fewer players than ever in that third round cutoff, and that Jesse 456 00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:40.680 Bates is a third rounder and Orlando Brown will remain a fourth rounder in the 457 00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:45.160 formula, and the Bengals should have a third round cop pick. We'll see 458 00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:48.880 if there are appeals made, but it does look like there's a potential error 459 00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:53.039 this year because that third round cutoff at sixty two is a massive outlier compared 460 00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:56.160 to the last ten years. Doesn't make any sense at all, and I 461 00:31:56.200 --> 00:32:00.640 think there's a slim but not non exist chance. So the Bengals are actually 462 00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:06.519 owed a third round. Cop pick, give me the third round, or 463 00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:08.519 you know what that could be. That could be the running back everyone was 464 00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:13.839 talking about. That could be the defensive tackle that we've talked about. Oh, 465 00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:15.680 that could be so many different things. That could be the interior alignment. 466 00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:20.920 Christian Haynes, come on down, I'm not good. I'll take the 467 00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:23.359 third round. Or baby will be great. There you go, there's my 468 00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:27.839 celebration. It would be. It would be a game changer. Honestly, 469 00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:30.240 and by the time you listen to this, the NFL might have said something 470 00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:31.119 about it. That's why we threw it at the end of the episode. 471 00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:34.960 Hopefully that explanation made sense. I've tweeted about it as well. If you 472 00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:37.440 want to read the explanation. I've got a bunch of tweets on the topic 473 00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:43.599 that you can go check out on Twitter. But that's it. We'll be 474 00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:45.240 back when the Bengals make a move or don't make a move. Well, 475 00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:50.160 we'll talk about what's going on in day one of let's just call it free 476 00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:52.720 agency. I know it's not the new league year, but it's legal tampering 477 00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:57.680 periods of mouthful it starts. I don't know why they don't start it on 478 00:32:57.720 --> 00:33:00.880 the eleventh. Who cares? Just make it free agency? That it doesn't 479 00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:06.359 because because reasons I don't know. Anyway, the next time you hear from 480 00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:10.559 us will be either recapping what the Bengals have done to start the free agency 481 00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:15.400 period or what they haven't done and what players have left the field and are 482 00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:17.200 no longer available for the Bengals to pick from. Hopefully we're talking about some 483 00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:22.519 moves. We will have you covered here on a Lockdown Bengals as quickly as 484 00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:28.599 possible for each of those moves. Until next time, Bengals fans enjoy the 485 00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:31.480 last bit of calumn before free agency. Thanks for listening, who day, 486 00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:34.000 and have a good one.