restricted free agent so we could keep him for pretty cheap next year as well. I would like to see him be at least the 3’rd wideout if he is here. Wish on 3’rd and longs that every once in awhile we would go more 4 wide and get Coats/Foschi out of the game. I hope he stays and develops to that 50 catch 850 yard 8 TD guy in the 2nd/3rd wide role….Simpson, ughhhhhhh. He has one catch for one yard and got hurt on that one catch last year if I remember correctly. I saw a Joe Reedy column that says that he is still struggling mightly and thinks he will be cut next year. That pick will always get me mad because we should’ve had Deshawn Jackson. Ridiculous.

Next year we have chad and henry starting. Caldwell is good in the slot so keep him at #3. Cut coles! I think he is getting paid to much and henry can do everything he is doing on the field right now. QC will be our returner again so he is the fourth. Finally, you have to make a decision on simpson. If he is not good enough to be the fourth then cut him. Why pay him 2 million a year to be inactive every game. Draft a WR in the 3rd or 4th round to be your #4 WR.

The Bengals cannot afford to franchise Henry. The franchise tag secures Henry a deal worth an average of the top five wr salaries in the league. The Bengals already have too much money spent on Chad and Coles to pay Henry a top wr salary. Plus, the Bengals would never release Chad and Coles makes too much money to release.

Henry would have to come back at a moderate price in order for him to stay. If he is a restricted free agent then that will help, but you never know if another team will offer him a contract out of their price range.

There is enough veteran talent (Chad and Coles) and young talent (Andre and Jerome) to keep the wr position productive without Henry, but I would love to see Henry stay. If he goes, the Bengals love to draft wrs in the second and third rounds.

but Coles is going to catch on. Wait and see!! I think you guys are to impatient, give him a little more time to find his role. Yea I know he’s a professional,but he needs to adapt to a damn good QB throwing to him. He never had that and never had any other WR along side him. He was always considered a #1 WR and getting accustomed to this O is going to take awhile. It’s taken awhile for the O to get rolling, didn’t it? Let’s wait and see at the end of the year. He always been a damn good WR. I’m going to give him a chance!

Cut Coles ? Why ? Wasn’t Coles in the play when Slim scored his TD ? Coles has dropped a few passes, hasn’t 85 ? Do you think TJ would be happy only getting 3-4 passes thrown his way per game? Do think TJ’s productivity wouldn’t be down this year with a healthy 85 ? Coles has come in,kept his mouth shut,accepted his role and has asked what can he do to help the team win instead of complaining because he doesn’t get enough balls thrown to him. Who is a better blocker Coles or Slim ? Carson has four options and he’s spreading it around.Jackson was a better pick than Simpson, but Witten was an even better pick than Kelly Washington.

but who knows. If we had Jackson maybe we win one more game last year and can’t draft Maualuga (Although Fitzpatrick was our Quarterback. We may not have won that extra game with him in there). I am a half-glass full guy! If I remember correctly the bengals and their huge scouting department loved his hand size and his verticle leap was incredible as well. What a joke!!! Back to Henry though, the guys like Chad (excerpt in his new book saying that Chris is the real deal….he also said that Levi was a guy they needed to keep…LOLOL….glass door Levi) but Fanene and John Thornton believe in that guy. Thornton is a good writer and thinks that he should be the number 2. He doesn’t have to kiss Mikey’s butt anymore so I’ll go with his opinion on this one.