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Originally Posted by tredadda
No trolling, but Burrow will get paid. What are you thinking he gets (in years and $)? Also they will have a tough time keeping Chase, Higgins, Boyd, and Hurst. Who do you think they keep and who do they let walk?
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I think the honest consensus is...no one knows. Is Burrow the type to command top dollar? Is he amenable to some sort of 'home town discount'? There was some talk, not a whole lot, about a percentage of the cap which isn't illegal but the NFL frowns on that pretty hard. Will the Bengals attempt it as a big middle finger to Goodell?
If they give him something in the 50M range, it's going to be difficult to sign as many others as they'd like. I think they know this.
They will also sign Chase. I think he's the Bengals Kelce. You need one top guy to go with your QB. I wouldn't be surprised to see Higgins hit FA and Boyd stay. The Bengals have been really good at 2nd rd WRs for a long time now. Joe Mixon...thanks for the memories but they need to go RBBC with Perine, Williams and Evans. Hurst shouldn't break the bank, they can afford to keep him.
Defense is where it gets sticky. I don't see any way Bates stays around. He wants top money and he's not a top 5 safety. That's why they drafted Dax Hill last year.
Hendrickson, Hill, Reader, Wilson, Pratt, Bell. They're all guys that deserve a raise. Sam Hubbard is a home town boy so he will figure out a way to stay here.