Chase Contract and Cap all teams

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(06-07-2021, 12:55 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: A lot of contracts are structured this way (cap hit rises each year), and they almost always are with the Bengals.

Fwiw, here are Joe Burrow's cap hits for comparison:

2020 - 6.5
2021 - 8.2
2022 - 9.8
2023 - 11.5

This.

I assume most teams do this because the cap usually gets bigger every year.  Although the total amount goes up each year it might actually be a smaller "percentage of the total cap".