Tyler Boyd

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(02-15-2022, 03:14 AM)casear2727 Wrote: We havent had 2 guys be at the top of their position salary wise at the same time is my concern.

Pitts is a TE on a rookie salary
Dvontae Smith on a rookie salary
AJ Brown is the #1 option
Vikings drafted Darrisaw and Davis this season and are ranked much higher that the Bengals

You act as if I dont like Boyd or think he isnt talented, not the case. I simply do not want to overpay on any position while we have a junior college oline.  

I do believe this cap space will diminish quicker than most think and I do fear many of us will be underwhelmed in FA.  I hope I am totally wrong.

Pitts is making $8.2m/yr
Smith is making $5m/yr

You can say rookie salary, but they're both top-10 picks, so they're making money. Plus obviously the opportunity cost of not being able to use that top-10 1st round pick on another position to improve.

Jonah Williams graded out higher than Darrisaw, and Davis literally played 0 snaps on offense this season. I also don't know what Darrisaw and Davis have to do with Boyd and how he's more productive than you're trying to make him seem.

His pay has nothing to do with the OL. I keep telling you this. There's already more cap space than the Bengals can spend on a new OL. They could sign 3 guys and make each of them the highest paid offensive linemen in NFL history one after another and still have over $10m in cap space. Obviously they're not going to need to do that, but that just goes to show the superabundance of cap space they'll have.

A team shouldn't intentionally get worse at their strength if they have absolutely no need to... and they have absolutely no need to get rid of Boyd right now.

If the Bengals can't fix their OL problem with $72.6m in cap space, then the entire FO needs burned to the ground.