I don’t think people realize how much cap room the Bengals have next season. They are projected to have the fifth most in the league, around 70 million dollars. This is without cutting guys like Mixon or Nick Scott who could potentially free up an aditional 10 million dollars.
They have the means to improve this team once again through free agency to plug upcoming holes.
RT, LG, interior defensive line, and WR2 all need to be addressed this off-season with Jonah Williams, DJ Reader, and Higgins being free agents and Volson just not being the guy.
How would you go about spending that 70 million dollars?
In my mind, I prioritize it like this:
RT, LG, interior DL, WR2
I am sick and tired of not being good enough in the trenches.
Jonah is probably the best tackle option in next year’s free agency. They definitely need to upgrade LG, but they won’t because they have some weird affinity for Volson. I could see them upgrading interior DL via free agency. The best position group for this upcoming free agency appears to be safety. We could use an upgrade there.
RB, and a long term TE are also needed.