Road To The Playoffs
Decisions for what s best for the team must happen. For this Simulation all will be cut.
CJ Uzomah - 5,075,000$ million in savings
Bobby Hart - 5,900,000$ million in savings
Geno Atkins - 9,500,000$ million in savings
BJ Finney - 3,500,000$ million in savings
POST ROSTER PURGING CAP SPACE - 58,792,803
FREE AGENCY (RE)SIGNINGS
Joe Thuney OG -
Melvin Ingram EDGE -
NFL DRAFT
Micah Parsons (LB) Penn State
- Despite some character concerns, Micah draws comparisons to Luke Kuechly and grades out as a linebacker who can do pretty much everything asked of him. He excels at rushing the passer and dropping back into coverage. However, he could be more assertive tackling and bites on play-action and other fakes.
How should the Bengals handle this offseason? By PontiacGuy on Jan 17, 2021, 4:56pm EST +
1) Attack OL/Offense in FA heavy and go BPA-Defense in the draft
2) Attack Defense in FA heavy and go BPA-Offense in the draft
3) Spray and pray in FA hoping we land some talent and draft where we missed
4) Mike Brown Special aka retain our guys and have a lot of needs in the draft
Going in to each of options 1-3 I d say we cut Geno, Hart, and restructure Gio. This would leave us with ~$60M in cap. Removing the $9.4M in projected draft contacts leaves ~$50M.
Darius Phillips (23) has been making plays all month.
The Bengals defense has been fighting injuries and illness all year and Sunday s finale at Paul Brown Stadium against the Ravens turned out to be no different when they lost two starters before kickoff.
The loss of defensive tackle Mike Daniels to COVID-related reasons and slot cornerback Mackensie Alexander to illness left them without their three best defensive tackles and three top cornerbacks to face Baltimore s No. 1 rush defense operated by reigning NFL MVP Lamar Jackson.
During the offseason the Bengals overhauled their defense by committing about $120 million to signing such free agents as Alexander and Daniels. Their two major signings, cornerback Trae Waynes and defensive tackle D.J. Reader, played a combined five games. Waynes was never able to get on the practice field with a pectoral injury and Reader went down in the fifth week with a torn quad.
Anytime it is the Ravens (or the Steelers), it is a litmus test for the Bengals and Sunday’s season finale at Paul Brown Stadium (1 p.m.-Cincinnati’s Local 12) is no different when they get to measure their improving defense . Wide receivers Tyler Boyd
Ravens News 1/1: Matchup Preview and more
Despite their injury issues on defense, the Ravens have allowed just 20.0 points per game, the fourth-fewest in the NFL, and 338.7 yards per game, the ninth-fewest in the NFL. They’ve also held opponents to just a 35.2% third-down conversion rate, the second-lowest in the NFL. However, with Yannick Ngakoue, Jimmy Smith, and Marcus Peters all hurt, the Ravens are in a precarious position. Cincinnati has already ruled out their starting quarterback and running back, Joe Burrow and Joe Mixon, for this game, while Tee Higgins and Tyler Boyd are questionable. Baltimore’s defense will dominate against a weakened Cincy offense.