Mr Swagtastic wrote:How does Cincy fix that awful oline and defense plus pay Chase, Hendrickson and Higgins? It wouldn't shock me to see Higgins to Washington or The Raiders if he's not franchise tagged
They can't. They for sure have to let Higgins walk, he is projected to make $30 million AAV on the open market, no chance Bengals can pay that.
The real trick will be, can they keep Hendrickson happy? He requested a trade last summer.
If they cut Cappa, should be able to use that money to get a vet guard. Then either Lee plays the other guard of maybe they draft one.
Gotta cut Rankins and use his money to sign a real nose tackle.
Maybe they can cut Moss and if they're unwilling to cut Hubbard, restructure him. Use that money for an outside corner.
Either bump Dax inside to nickel or try to re-sign Hilton if he will return, cheap.
They have to draft that "vyper" position that Golden uses on the d-line.
If they need a 3rd LB for some of Golden's looks, try to re-sign ADG.
I wanna cut Stone but he probably starts at safety, unfortunately.
Then the other outside corner will have to be a battle between Turner, CTB (he sucks), and maybe a rookie.
Jenkins can start at DT, he showed some promise.
When you have that many holes with starters on defense, it's hard to fix it all in one off-season.