08-29-2021, 03:07 PM
(08-29-2021, 02:58 PM)mikey6866 Wrote: The people who argue the Bengals aren't cheap just don't understand contracts in today's world. Agents still view Bengals as "cheap" because they don't like to guarantee money in contracts when 3/4 of the league is doing it with regularity. The reason we got Hendrickson instead of bringing Lawson back for same aav was because of guaranteed money. Lawson signed with jets because they gave him much more security with way more guaranteed money. It turned out to be a great decision for him with his season ending injury he has alot more protection and guaranteed money in the contract he signed.
It's really not about spending money as all teams have to sign a bunch of guys to pretty big contracts. The Bengals are still one of most conservative teams when it comes to cap as well which also leads to "cheap" label.
I’ll say this as nice as I can, I understand how contracts work better than 99% of all people here. Money spent is money spent, cap numbers are for accounting and don’t actually correlate to actual dollars leaving the building. The cap can be manipulated and the floor is really loose in terms of actually forcing spending. Players agents always want guarantees, as they should, but it doesn’t make them cheap because in the end the money is spent, guaranteed or not.
I think you can call them conservative in structure, but again not cheap because at the end of the day money out the door means that statement is false.
