NFL Insider Hints at TRADE SURGE and Bengals Must Be Ready for What’s Next
The Cincinnati Bengals need to add impact talent this offseason especially on defense. But with a weak free-agent class and draft uncertainty, could trades be the real answer?
James Rapien reacts to Adam Schefter’s comments about an expected surge in NFL trades, breaks down why the Bengals may need to get creative, and explores a bold trade idea involving Trey Hendrickson and veteran defensive tackle Kenny Clark.
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29 comments
First, you have ask the Begals front office to do something that the hardly ever do……make trades. So, there is a chance they could do something like this, but doubtful. Waiting to see if Clark gets cut, and try to sign. That's a very likely for them to try
Who Dey James 🤘🤘🤘
So are we getting Mad Max Crosby or naw???
who dey
the Bengals go be go 14 3 and 2026
If you trade for him you now owe his 21M salary. What if he doesn’t want to rework his deal! Or wants similar for 3 years. Let him get cut then make an offer.
Zac Taylor is one of the best coaches in the NFL
Trades and Bengals are like rice and bananas
Kenny Clark probably is a great person but how is his play on the field different or better than what we have now ? Clark 30 years old is safe to say there's not much upside at this point and what you see is what you get kind of player. What the Bengals need is a player from the interior DL is sacks and breaking the pocket down. The free agent class isn't so great but it doesn't mean there isn't players who are ready to have break out years and I will continue pointing at Tampa Bays DT LOGAN HALL who would bring that something different the Bengals don't have currently on the team. For Tampa Bay Hall is a 3-4 DE who would be the perfect 3 tech for the Bengals and just getting ready to turn 26 years old. Logan Hall 6'6" 290 is very active in the middle able to fight off blocks against the rush and the ability to have a 10 sack season. Bengals FO, if your reading this I hope you look into this and the vision how a Logan Hall would help this team and players at other positions that play around him. If there's a break out player in free agency it will be Logan Hall.
Damn James, Swiss cheese? Damn…
Draft class is poor this year along with free agency. The only FA worth anything is mad max or Simmons. James there is nobody worth dog shit on defense for the bengals to get 2026 is gonna be a repeat of 25 why the draft class and FA are horrible Clark is ass why two franchises really don’t want him what does that tell you ain’t no supply a lot of demand
Creative? Duke and the brown family? The least creative, most conservative people on the planet. 🤣
Njoku is a no brainer to me.. dude will produce more than all 4 TEs we use combined, and he can run block. While I understand the focus is on defense, I feel like this is a pretty inexpensive pick up for the production value it brings. (obv depends heavily on what other teams offer him)
I like Clark. But 21 million is way too much.
never even thought of getting clark. good call! argument is compelling!
Overpaying great player money to a good player is never a good investment. JFM is not the guy they need. Probably best available. Somebody is going to overpay him
Clark can’t get big money either at his age and production
Tagging and trading Trey will be a mistake because this front office is incompetent. Would love to be proven wrong.
If they think he’s healthy and projections are right about low 20s for 1 year for Trey, I don’t mind them matching it to bring him back
Petition to get James in the front office
Sort of news to me that it’s not a good FA crop. I’m seeing names like Coby Bryant, Kevin Byard, Bobby Wagner, Alex Anzalone, etc. who would all be MASSIVE improvements for this team.
Does Kenny have a no trade clause?
Must be hard to make content every day for this team.
They dont make moves never have never will
Can we just stop talking about trades. I won’t believe it til I see it. The biggest trade this franchise has ever made is trading away Carson Palmer..
We need youth where we have vets and vet’s (not 30+ year olds) where we have youth!!
Re-sign: Risner, hopefully Flacco
Free agency: EDGE, LB
Draft: Safety, DT, slot corner
Trade HC first, don't need anything in return lol
Oh look another James edition of let's trade the #1 FA, who happens to be our best defensive player, who happens to be 1 one the top rushers for someone not as good (who we will likely have to overpay) and a pick so our league's smallest scouting department can work their magic like history has proven a while maintaining Superbowl aspirations……yep that'll surely give us the best chance 🤦🏾
What you fail to say James is if they don’t use this last chance to beef up Joes protection That’s it! The Bengals Org doesn’t have a snowballs chance in Hell of winning. And that’s only if the majority hits their knees to pray. SNS
My prediction