Bengals blueprint to an A+ free agency after slow start

Here’s how the Cincinnati Bengals can get back on track after stumbling into free agency.

The Cincinnati Bengals didn’t have the best day to start free agency’s legal-tampering window.

Carl Lawson fled to the New York Jets for big money and a defensive guru of a head coach and the Bengals reacted by inking Trey Hendrickson of the New Orleans Saints to replace him.

Things look bad, but there is still an avenue toward an A-plus sort of performance. Here’s the breakdown.