The Cincinnati Bengals like to go only so far to maximize their roster in any given season. They deliberately front-load contracts far more than other teams, and fill some, but not all, of their most obvious needs.
Then, us fans stand by all anxious-like. We watch them reach on prospect after prospect, and typically draft a "succession plan" player in the first round.
So if the Bengals don't fill any other needs in free agency, they'll be counting on key contributions from rookies. That's backfired often in the last three years of playoff-free football. Some new free agency rankings are right to call Cincinnati's brass out for its relative lack of urgency.