Brandon Scherff - Yes please

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(02-19-2022, 12:09 AM)BuildTheWall Wrote: Just because his annual salary is, say, $17M/year does not mean his cap hit is that high every year. For example, KC gave Thuney 16M a year for 5 years, but his cap hits are 4.5, 17.8, 18.9, 19.4 and 19.4. Give him a low salary year one, and backload the contract, and that's how you do it. Whether or not we should, or if we will, are all different conversations, but I'm just telling you it can be done, and how.

Most players only agree to a contract structure like this if there's a lot of guaranteed money, as they don't want to end up taking a lower contract early and then getting cut midway through.

Given the Bengals don't typically give much guaranteed money, they have higher cap hits early in the contract, which allows them to cut players toward the end if they aren't performing.