03-17-2021, 03:41 PM
(03-17-2021, 03:20 PM)fredtoast Wrote: But then you have to convince a free agent to take a lot more in year one or guarantee a larger portion of his contract.
Why would we do any of that when we are not even close to the cap?
You don't know what you're talking about.
I'm talking about the signing bonus. That gets paid out pretty much immediately. (Within the first year, often within weeks) You can choose how to spread those cap hits.
So the player makes the same exact amount of money in either scenario, and it's of little to concern to him how the team chooses to spread out his signing bonus between years 1 and 2 (he already has that money).
Now, I'm sure you find one little thing in here to argue about, one minute detail to focus. But believe me when I tell you that the team can easily offset the difference between 5.2 mil vs 2.6 + 2.6 mil by moving money around. So let's all save ourselves the time of over arguing over semantics.
And really all of this is moot anyways with how the Bengals approach rollover money. They've kept anywhere between 7-13 million dollars in rollover space every single year going back to 2012. If cutting Atkins means 2.6 mil on this year's cap vs next year then they've got the room.
