Bengals’ trade deadline philosophy likely won’t change and that could create risks
Cincinnati — Over the next eight days, trade deadline moves and projections will dominate the NFL news cycle. Players on the block, sellers, bidders, late-round selection swaps, and mock transactions. All-Pro safety Kevin Byard was traded from the Tennessee Titans to the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday to mark the start of the season.
Cincinnati has gold bars for draft selections. Duke Tobin, the director of player personnel, has stated that he views a fourth-round choice as more than just that. He compares that to, for instance, Geno Atkins, whom they selected in 2010 with the 102nd selection. Andrei Iosivas, who is ranked No. 206, is a potential sixth-round selection.
More draft selections are seen as essential to finally breaking through at a time when the Bengals will need to make significant progress in order to pay the franchise quarterback.
Simply put, it is no longer the case everywhere.
Cincinnati has gold bars for draft selections. Duke Tobin, the director of player personnel, has stated that he views a fourth-round choice as more than just that. He compares that to, for instance, Geno Atkins, whom they selected in 2010 with the 102nd selection. Andrei Iosivas, who is ranked No. 206, is a potential sixth-round selection.
More draft selections are seen as essential to finally breaking through at a time when the Bengals will need to make significant progress in order to pay the franchise quarterback.
Simply put, it is no longer the case everywhere.
Cincinnati has gold bars for draft selections. Duke Tobin, the director of player personnel, has stated that he views a fourth-round choice as more than just that. He compares that to, for instance, Geno Atkins, whom they selected in 2010 with the 102nd selection. Andrei Iosivas, who is ranked No. 206, is a potential sixth-round selection.
More draft selections are seen as essential to finally breaking through at a time when the Bengals will need to make significant progress in order to pay the franchise quarterback.
Simply put, it is no longer the case everywhere.
Simply put, they don’t think the method has proven to be very valuable. They have never been interested in making a transaction that would reduce their prospects of winning that season or in the future. The players in the majority of their non-draft day transactions are no longer part of the team’s plans.
The trade sheet is dotted with trades: Bene Benwikere to the Cowboys for a sixth-round selection at final cuts, and Austin Calitro to the Broncos for Christian Covington. Just before the 2021 season, they traded center Billy Price for defensive tackle B.J. Hill, indicating that they were ready to let go of the previous first-round choice.
Is this, however, the next evolutionary frontier? There are holes at running back on the third down and tight end. This summer, no one has been able to step up to the responsibilities left by Samaje Perine and Hayden Hurst.
A player with that kind of upside would not require a lot of financial resources. Probably an exchange of late-round picks. According to Over the Cap, the Bengals are presently expected to get two compensatory selections in 2024: a seventh-round selection for Perine and a fifth-round selection for Vonn Bell. The Bengals, with $12 million in cap space now available, are estimated by the website to have the third-most available.
