Dalton Risner: "Would LOVE to be a Bengal"

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(04-18-2025, 10:58 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: That's why I said "either way it goes". If they deal him away, the team frees up $16M and is left with a huge, gaping hole to try to fill. If they sign him, they likely structure it in a way that opens up a little more usable cap space for this year.

Edit: Personally, I'm hoping that they extend him a couple more years. Like yourself, I don't see anyone in this draft class that's going to come in and give 17.5 sacks worth of contribution to the defense.

I don't have confidence they would trade him, at least not unless it's a 1st rounder or more.
They might also try to see how he performs the first 2 months of this year and then consider trading him at the deadline if they aren't doing well, possibly resulting in a better return.

They would have needed to be more active in FA to get new DE(s) and trade him earlier if they wanted to have hopes of replacing his contributions for this season specifically.