Official 2026 Free Agency/Offseason/Non-Draft Thread

[jklowan]

Overpaid, but not surprised.
This is just the Bengals being the Bengals as an organization.

Glad it was not us

[Fritz]

Yeah, so much for a later second-round pick and a fifth being enough to land that guy.

Tenth overall pick, and now you've got to give the guy an even bigger contract? That's a lot to give up. Are the Bengals really that close that this move makes any sense at all?

[pbmax]

Guess Schefter shouldn't have been chuckling at the asking price.

[Joemailman]

Defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence II passed his physical with the Cincinnati Bengals and has signed a one-year, $28 million extension, the Win Sports Group told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Sunday.

Lawrence, acquired by the Bengals from the New York Giants for the No. 10 pick in this week's draft, is now under contract with Cincinnati for the next three seasons.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Guess Schefter shouldn't have been chuckling at the asking price.

That machismo ain’t willing to do whatever it takes for insider info, à la Dianna Russini

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence II passed his physical with the Cincinnati Bengals and has signed a one-year, $28 million extension, the Win Sports Group told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Sunday.

Lawrence, acquired by the Bengals from the New York Giants for the No. 10 pick in this week's draft, is now under contract with Cincinnati for the next three seasons.

Trading a high draft pick, especially a top 10 pick, for a Yokozuna is dumber than Vrabel hanging out by the pool with Russini.

The kung fu (skillz) between Lawrence and, say, Hustling Jack Heflin ain’t as Wu-Tang (material) as that of, say, Micah Parsons and Kingsley Enabre. Point being, coulda used the 10th pick on a poetic “edge” and still gotten a solid D-Yokozuna in the 6th round.

[Fritz]

Readng your posts is like reading a foreign language. Yokozumas, kung fu, Wu-Tang. Are you hung up on faux-asian culture?

Like, can you translate your post into English?

[Joemailman]

Report Eagles will trade AJ Brown to Patriots post June 1.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Readng your posts is like reading a foreign language. Yokozumas, kung fu, Wu-Tang. Are you hung up on faux-asian culture?

Like, can you translate your post into English?

You’re an English professor. Am I using metaphors correctly?

What I am barking about is, no one is denying that Lawrence a better defensive tackle than “Hustling” Heflin. But the talent gap between the “fats” - offensive linemen or chubby defensive linemen, is not as widespread as that of edge rushers, corners, or QBs, etc. Enabre can’t hold Parsons’ jockstrap as a pass rusher. Heflin narrows the gap on Lawrence via hustling alone.

Thus, it’s stupid to draft a fat guy with a high draft pick. Clark, Raji, Harrell, Morgan, Belton, etc., all dumb picks.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Report Eagles will trade AJ Brown to Patriots post June 1.

Source: Russini

PS: I dig Italian chicks. Russini is hot.

[bobblehead]

I'm starting to long for TT. But sort of a combo deal. I think the way GMs are using way too much cap on 2-3 salaries the only way to win the big game is to hit pay dirt in the draft with multiple rookie deals contributing bigly at once. Of course our GM wants to draft athletes, play them out of position, coach them up and have them contribute just in time to pay them. I have almost as little faith in the Gutes as I do in Horst...but at least we have a good coach in GB.