🚨 It's back! 🚨 The 5th annual #Bengals Mock Offseason sheet is here. Make cuts, pick UFAs, trade, re-sign and draft your way to the 2025 roster. Choose your own adventure but stay under the cap. One of my favorite exercises all year. Enjoy. 👇👇👇👇 www.nytimes.com/athletic/608... - ThreadSky

pauldehnerjr.bsky.social • 26 days ago

🚨 It's back! 🚨

The 5th annual #Bengals Mock Offseason sheet is here.

Make cuts, pick UFAs, trade, re-sign and draft your way to the 2025 roster.

Choose your own adventure but stay under the cap.

One of my favorite exercises all year.

Enjoy.

👇👇👇👇

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6086926/2025/01/29/bengals-2025-offseason-roster/

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hoganad.bsky.social•24 days ago

Going very young and investing in the trenches. The NFL’s smallest scouting department has their work cut out for them in this scenario.

bigredwolfer.bsky.social•26 days ago

Don't think Judkins would make it to round 3 but if he moves up replace with Ollie Gordon. Also really wanted Milton Williams but couldn't make it work without not changing guards or getting a CB.

bigredwolfer.bsky.social•26 days ago

Just realized I didn't do anything with stone so he'd be the starting FS and Watts would be S3

tylerkroberts.bsky.social•26 days ago

Bobby Hart as OT3 for $1 is hilarious lol.

garyvigran.bsky.social•26 days ago

Another fun exercise.

bloob1rd.bsky.social•25 days ago

Keep Joe's weapons, upgrade the IOL, splash out on Sweat so we've got pass rush other than Trey, and bring Kinlaw and Cisco in to hopefully be reliable starters. No gaps among the starters so we can then go a bit more BPA in the draft depending on who falls.

joeharrington60.bsky.social•25 days ago

Found it easy to keep the big three together

jayday56.bsky.social•23 days ago

Joe sees Tee being with the Bengals in 2025, so the decision really hinges on retaining Trey, or moving Trey to further re-tool the roster.
It sounds crazy after his DPOY level season, but I think I'm satisfied with how the roster looks w/o him? Still hit OL in FA and the DL rotation looks deep.

peteypete17.bsky.social•26 days ago

I think it's possible to extend all 3 and build a solid team.
1) Signed 2 veteran Gs and drafted 1 in round 3
2) 5 new free agent starters on D all in their primes
3) Wanted to go stronger at S but didn't like the pricier options
4) Had to cut a lot of players but no one I will regret losing

morv6969.bsky.social•26 days ago

librariman.bsky.social•26 days ago

extended the key pieces, added to the oline and secondary, and cut a bunch of dead weight

ryanmcgaha.bsky.social•26 days ago

https://docs.google.com/file/d/1SoE_5-IrLM0gW51rOq36zf3f3ppeS7fI/edit?usp=docslist_api&filetype=msexcel

Extended Tee and Trey. I think they’ll drag their feet on Ja’Marr as long as they can. Signed a few mid tier defensive additions. Cut off a lot of the veteran fat.

Did a 4-round mock draft on pfn to get my picks.

Went defensive heavy on everything.

datataha.bsky.social•24 days ago

this has made me feel way more optimistic about the offseason / Bengals chances next season

michaelyoder1.bsky.social•26 days ago

5 draft picks in the trenches. 3 free agents on defense.

michaelyoder1.bsky.social•26 days ago

Always a fun exercise. Big takeaway: all of the dead weight contracts give them options. Bengals always lose at the line of scrimmage. Time to go all in on the trenches with picks and free agent signings. (Plus a marquee safety).

cartoonstevebould.bsky.social•26 days ago

Paul, this is always so cool.

I think keeping Burrow happy's a big priority, so Tee and Gesicki are back (hopefully Joe helps the FO out). Williams has Trey/DJ vibes: an ascending player ready for stardom. Golden trusted to get more out of the young guys. Banks would be a great pick at 17.

cartoonstevebould.bsky.social•19 days ago

The Recalibration Off-season:
*Traded Tee (LV) and Trey (Chi/Ari).
*Bought Joe off with Diggs, Gesicki, Perine and
*Huge upgrade at O-Line
*Williams!!
*Focus on younger FAs
*Edge, DT and secondary is about stocking up on lottery tickets
*All Day 1 and 2 picks could be starters by the end of the year

cartoonstevebould.bsky.social•26 days ago

I don't feel great about the DL, but think Williams is a huge addition, and think Trey plus a rotating cast of Uche, Ossai, Murphy and Jackson has v good potential.

notting.bsky.social•25 days ago

This wasn't as bad as I thought.
Most un-Bengal things:
- spending money at G
- spending top-of-FA money at iDL
- signing Wagner for a year

notting.bsky.social•25 days ago

Second option: do most of the above, but swap Trey for a second round pick to bolster the DL, and spend the money on Josh Sweat.

vafflehaus.bsky.social•26 days ago

I look forward to this every offseason. Thanks, Paul!

bphlipot.bsky.social•24 days ago

-Extend Tee and Trey
- Cash guarantees might stop this but I have M. Williams joining the Def Interior.
-All of the secondary stay but they add to it in round 2.
-OL fixes come from FA and Draft
-In true Bengal fashion, I leave 4.8M in my pocket

heybrianparis.bsky.social•26 days ago

Championship!

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