04-07-2021, 12:02 PM
(04-07-2021, 11:52 AM)ochocincos Wrote: Moving on from Bernard made sense. He was being overpaid for "just" being a good pass blocker and pass catcher.What about using that money for someone cut after June 1st?
The big issue is the Bengals waited around to cut veterans like Hart, Atkins, and Bernard instead of letting them go earlier and actually using that saved cap (>$15 mill) to sign a good upgrade at a different position. They could have added another WR and/or a top OL.
Instead, they have all this extra cap and no one good to spend it on.
Some might say they will put a good portion of it toward extensions, but I doubt much of it will go to that.
My expectation is only about $5-10 mill will go toward extensions, about $5 mill will go towards draft picks (after displacement), and the remaining $10-15 mill will get rolled over.
