Been a while. I hope all is well with you & family.
Do u think that many issues will be addressed by FA prior to the draft? I'm hoping that that the FO will draft with a BPA mentality, regardless. Thoughts? Victor Pate, Dayton, OH
VICTOR: Good to hear from you again and I hope the same for you and yours. I think they'll do as much as they can in free agency, like last season. Joe Burrow's rookie contract allows them to do that. But I just don't know how much that is going to be. Hard to make any predictions without knowing the cap number.
Best Player Available and Needs are hard to separate. It has to be a mixture of both. But I don't think you have to worry about that.
They prefer BPA. One of the reasons the Bengals have drafted very well with Tobin running the draft room (for the last three seasons the Bengals have gone into every game as one of the top five teams that have drafted the most players still in the NFL) is because they don't draft as much with their depth chart as they do with their grades.
But, like Paul Brown once said, "You draft for need and don't let anyone tell you differently." Take last year. They took Tee Higgins because he was their highest rated player on the board. In the third round they took Logan Wilson because they needed linebackers. The key is drafting positions you need with players you've ranked higher than where you select them.
At # 5 Sewell, Chase, Parson, or Slater... each prospect appears to have great upsides. If OT (and Guard) are addressed in FA, then it needs to be Micah Parson, or JaMarr Chase. If not then it HAS to be Penei Sewell... maybe Slater. Right? Kiva Dior, Sr., Cincinnati, OH
KIVA: At the top of the draft (and really, everywhere else but especially the top), you have to go by your board no matter what you've done in free agency. So Sewell and Chase, yes. No. 5 may be a little rich for Slater and instead of taking a linebacker there in Parsons, they could explore trading back to get some picks.
To me, that's the biggest question. If Sewell and Chase aren't there, what do they do? I love DeVonta Smith, but a 175-pound wide receiver who doesn't have blinding speed at No. 5? A backer at No. 5? But, hey, if they think Parsons can be Devin White, by all means.
What is Shawn Williams future with the bengals #36 Marion Jackson, Cincinnati, OH
MARION: Like everything else in 2021, all we can do is wait and see.
appreciate all your wisdom about my Bengals. Why not offer AJ Green a one year contract similar to the deal Andy Dalton made with the Cowboys going from almost 18 million with us to just 3 million with them. I would love to keep AJ . Mike O'Brien, Springfield, OH
MIKE: Thank you for the kind words. Those guys just aren't in the same position.
Dalton became a free agent after last year's draft, Dallas is where he lives and he wanted just a one-year deal to prove he's still a starter. But Green is going to be a free agent on day one and no doubt seeks a multi-year deal as one of the league's great players looking to finish his career with a flourish. I wish that were here, too. They don't make many human beings greater than A.J. Green. The problem is someone may very well offer him a deal the Bengals can't match as they try to upgrade both lines.
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