Cap space

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(02-08-2022, 11:02 AM)fredtoast Wrote: No we could not.

The four you listed would cost 45.  That just leaves 23 million.

That's the problem with this entire thread. Just because a guy signs a contract that averages $10m/yr doesn't mean his cap hit will be $10m each year.

The Bengals signed Trey Hendrickson to a 4yr/$60m contract. $15m/yr average. You keep calculating that in this thread as if that means it will eat up $15m of cap space in 2022 if they signed him to that now... but in 2021 his cap hit wasn't $15m, it was $12.5m.

In fact it's actually harder to find a contract that DOESN'T escalate in cap hits through it's duration.

That really adds up even if you're not intentionally backloading....

Hendrickson: $15m/yr average, actually $12.5m cap hit in 2021
Awuzie: $7.25m/yr average, actually $6m cap hit in 2021
Hilton: $6m/yr average, actually $5.3m cap hit in 2021

According to you in this thread: That's automatically $28.25m in cap space used up.
According to the reality of their contracts: $23.8m in cap space used up.

All of a sudden $4.45m that didn't exist according to your method just cleared up and it didn't even require any kind of deferred money, conversion to bonuses, extensions to push cap numbers down, or back loading contracts. Once you actually get into THAT, it becomes a whole bigger thing.