With Cedric locked as the feature back and Brian Leonard a solid short yardage back the bengals need a pure speed back for the remaining RB. Benard Scott is my pick, but even Dorsey and Watson make more sense than James as they fit the role better and would almost certainly be significantly cheaper.

I hate to see Kelley Washington go to Baltimore. I always thought he was better than people gave him credit for. With the lack of talent at WR in Baltimore he could make a big impact.

Edge would be insane to sign. He used to be pretty good but he’s ~30 and we all know what that means to a RB… basically dead meat. He thinks he still has it and for a few games a year he might but for a whole season? No chance. We don’t need him. We don’t want him. And we shouldn’t either. He wants the ball all the time and he doesn’t have left what it takes to be that kind of ball-hog.

I do have to laugh at the Saints supposedly “considering” signing him tho. Not because they will, because that statement was about the closest thing to an outright “no way” Loomis will ever give you, yet the media still tried to turn it into a “well we might”. Mediots are the same whether they report on the Steelers, the Bengals, the Saints or the Raiders… they see what they want to see and don’t worry about little inconvenient things like facts getting in the way of their pet theories. If the Saints want a big power back who’s 30 years old for 5 carries a game or something all they need to do is resign Deuce. Signing Edge is about as likely as Payton actually cracking a real, genuine smile in a press conference.

I wouldn’t mind us grabbing Deuce IF and ONLY if our current crop all falls flat on their faces in training camp… but I really don’t expect that.

Usually starts airing around the last week of July. You got time.