Bengals Trade Talks ESCALATING... New Trade Target REVEALED | Bengals Trade Rumors

Bengals trade talks are escalating as a new trade target was just revealed for the team to solve a major issue on their offense. So we talk about if it actually makes sense for the team to do this and make this move here today on Bengals Digest. Thank you for joining us today, wherever you may be. I'm your host, Adam Mignani. We appreciate you guys joining us here today. And we've got a lot to dive into in terms of some moves that the Bengals can make to really put them on that next level. So we talk about it here. First things first, the Bengals have to weigh the option of trading for Tony Pollard. Now, I know that there's a lot of talk this week about the running back game, and I've talked about it here in terms of, you know, Samaje Perine and Chase Brown. 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Again, that's code DIGESTNFL, and you click the link in the description below. So to back up this thing about, you know, Tony Pollard coming to the Bengals, Chris Rowling said this, the Titans won't be able to ask for much for a 29-year-old running back. Given the background information, the last year over 17 games, he had over 1,000 yards and five touchdowns on a 4.5 average and caught 33 passes. So there is some appeal there across the league. I'm sure teams are reaching out because the Titans' future for this season looks pretty bleak. For the Bengals, this would be about strengthening that rotation that they have. They're going away from their under-center work that they talked about all offseason long. So the offense is far better rushing right now when it's Samaje Perine, not Chase Brown carrying the ball. They're a lot more efficient. So we look at the comparison numbers. um we talked about this in the last video but changes were obvious in the scheme as Perine had 4.9 yards per carry compared to chase brown's three yards per carry and then you look at Tony Pollard's numbers and pretty pretty solid honestly a bright point of the Titans offense up to this point 273 yards on the ground when you compare that with Chase Brown his numbers 246 yards so very similar in that aspect a little bit more than Chase Brown up to this point on 68 carries Chase Brown on 71 carries so you know and then you look at the other numbers for Samaje Perine the other lead back for the Bengals 110 yards on 27 carries so there's you know a good surge of a case to be made for the way that Tony Pollard has played recently and across the last five he's averaging you know 5.4 yards per carry 1.2 yards per reception that's nothing to write home about so probably not going to be as involved in the passing game um you know with just a seven yard average but in terms of rushing yards definitely looking on the up and up average of 100 over the last five games so he really wins in a few areas um 24 percent of his carries go to the right guard and he gets 4.8 a carry at the right guard league comparison is 3.8 68 carries 4.0 a carry 24 like i said so you kind of look at where he's running the ball compared to the rest of the league and he finds success running that inside zone which is a lot of what the Bengals run right now and haven't found a lot of success at now you got to talk about contract when you're talking about Tony Pollard and right now he's on a he's got one year left on his deal 9.3 million dollar cap hit so you definitely have to take into account what you're going to be giving up in terms of money what that financial situation was going to look like um and so here's what Vikings fan page had to say after an offseason filled with questions about his role let alone if he'd remain a Titan he started his campaign in effective fashion the 73.6 PFF rushing grade ranks 11th out of 30 running backs with at least 44 carries he's below average in gaining yards after contact or breaking off long runs but he secured 10 first downs and he hasn't fumbled the ball yet now we talked about money you got to bring this up when you're talking about it and look at the Bengals right now they're they're over the cap by 7.6 million dollars so they would definitely have to move some things around um look at some restructures to be able to even make a move like this even if it does make sense so in terms of you know the C-gap weakness um in their running back room you know on paper adding another back like Pollard to the mix will keep P Ryan Fresh Brown a gadget receiver and otherwise while boosting and boosting overall performance and hopefully helping the offense finally discover some explosives on the ground now we know Chase Brown to be more of the explosive runner and P Ryan to be more of the efficient runner we talked about that a lot yesterday but in terms of adding a third player into the mix does that complicate things too much for this offense are they fixing a problem that really isn't broken it's more of a scheme issue and not a personnel issue or you know maybe it would mix things up in a good way to have three very solid running backs all albeit average this season at best to get that mix up to keep fresh legs in there I think it might be a move worth considering but overall I'm curious what you guys think on this should Cincinnati trade for Tony Pollard because um you know let's be honest the Bengals likely won't make many moves um you talked about it in the comments also more concerned with our inability to fix the C gap on outside runs that's what i talked about here in that last segment that's our weakness these guys don't fix that the Bengals will not think we have Tariq Davis and not trade for a corner or they will think that so i mean i would agree with that in terms of they really i mean this they don't make moves like this in the middle of the season we don't see that very often outside of you know a few cases of it but in terms of you know moves that they've made when you compare this to like the Dexter Lawrence trade it's a very different scenario but that's a pretty big move and this is not asking that much from them so do you guys think that Cincinnati should trade for Tony Pollard you say a yes for a late round pick or b no fix the line and usage first I personally think I'm gonna fall under b for this one in terms of you know does it really make sense I think in the long term when you're talking about having to move money around for this season specifically and looking at the running backs that they have I don't know that you're boosting the roster that much and for right now I think they got to fix the scheme and the usage of these running backs they got to get the run game going before you start looking elsewhere maybe you know they they improve the touches they get some more carries for these guys, and they're still not producing, then I think maybe you look elsewhere, maybe even looking at trading Chase Brown or smash a pick Ryan for someone else to elevate the running game a little bit. But as of right now, I don't see that really happening, and I think that they really have to fix the usage and fix the scheme that they're going to be using, as well as that offensive line. I think they need to block better. But altogether, let me know what you guys think down in the comments below, and thank you guys for joining us, as always, here on Bengals Digest. Thank you.