Bernard released

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(04-09-2021, 01:53 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote:
This actually isn't true.  I'm too lazy to find all of the numbers again (I've brought this a few times), but you'll just have to trust me.

Teams elect how much money to rollover.  The Bengals haven't rolled all of it over every time.  This isn't necessarily a shot at them because I'm sure the same is true for a number of teams.

The biggest problem many have (myself included) isn't whether they roll over 87% or 100% of unspent money in a given year, it's that they roll over money every single year.  They continually kick the can down the road.  They've legit rolled over money every single year since the CBA was re-done. 

I can't recall the Bengals not rolling over 100% of excess cap money the last 10 years (recent history and what is impacting the 2021 teams and teams last 3 years). So, by all means provide facts to back up your bolded comment above. 

Also Bengals do some kicking of the can down the road giving players huge bonuses immediately, then spreading the cap over year(s) down the road. It is why Geno had a huge dead money hit. So, Fred is right, Bengals have spent over the cap in some years (cash spend) so they are not pocketing money like some have suggested.