Highly Unlikely Trade Targets for Cincinnati Bengals: Austin Ekeler, Saquon Barkley, Darren Waller, Derrick Henry
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00:00 Highly unlikely, not impossible category.
00:02 Four players on this list.
00:04 First one, Saquon Barkley.
00:07 Franchise tag, giant stink, real easy to see the path.
00:10 Doesn't mean he would be a long-term option, but if you could get him for a mid-round pick,
00:14 if he could be had for that, I think you at least kick the tires on it for obvious reasons.
00:20 It's he's a stud and I know he's dealt with some injuries, but if you have a two-headed
00:24 monster Barkley and Mixon, you're feeling really, really good about that.
00:28 Don't think it's going to happen.
00:30 I do think he fits the best out of, well, no, no, he's not the best fit.
00:35 Actually, the best fit would be Austin Eckler.
00:37 Let's say the Chargers continue to lose.
00:39 He's on the last year of his deal and they, they lose this week and they look up, they're
00:44 like, man, you know, and let's just look at their schedule just to see here what, what
00:49 they have, but yeah.
00:50 Okay.
00:51 So they play the chart of the chiefs and then they play the bear.
00:55 So they'll probably split those games.
00:56 So they're going to be odds are they're going to have a losing record at three and four
01:03 going into the deadline.
01:04 Who knows?
01:05 Maybe they are willing to listen to an Austin Eckler offer.
01:07 Maybe they lose both of those games and the bears beat them and it gets real bad.
01:11 Well, Austin Eckler would be a perfect fit.
01:13 So I would certainly call.
01:14 I think it's unrealistic.
01:15 Daddy's available would certainly be open to it.
01:18 Darren Waller is another one that's been tossed around.
01:21 I know there was an analyst out there.
01:23 I forget which site did it, so I don't want to give the wrong attribution, but said that
01:28 Darren Waller should be the trade target.
01:30 And here's why he's not going to be the target.
01:32 Cause I get the fit.
01:33 I totally do.
01:34 There's a $7.8 million dead cat hit next year.
01:38 If you release Waller, he's set to make a ton of money.
01:40 So it's not like the Bengals could trade for him and just release him.
01:43 He has a longterm deal.
01:44 They're not going to want to take on that dead money next year.
01:46 That's just not going to happen.
01:48 And I don't blame them by the way, especially with guys like Hunter Henry, Mike Kosicki
01:51 potentially available.
01:53 And then the last one's Derrick Henry.
01:54 I don't love the fit and I think it's unrealistic, but could he give you a little burst in that
02:01 backfield and by burst, I mean, you know, just an extra gear at times, give you some
02:06 of those explosive runs that we haven't seen.
02:08 Well, of course we know Derrick Henry is capable of doing that.
02:10 It's good in short yardage as well.
02:12 I don't think the Bengals are going after any of these high end running back, you know,
02:16 Derrick Henry, Saquon Barkley, you know, making 10 plus million dollars a year.
02:19 You wouldn't have to pay that.
02:21 It would be prorated.
02:22 So it's not nearly as much.
02:24 So that's why I mentioned them.
02:25 I think it's unrealistic.
02:26 Austin Eckler would be of these guys, Waller Barkley, Eckler Henry, that would be the dream