Why are the Bengals not clearing cap by restructuring deals?

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(03-10-2023, 07:16 PM)pally Wrote: Maybe they've tried...it takes two to get a restructure done.

Nobody turns down money, Pally. Imagine in March someone asked you...

"Hey, would you like $1m a week for 17 weeks in Sept-Jan, or would you like $8.5m right now and then $500k a week for 17 weeks in Sept-Jan?"

You get $17m both ways, but in one way you get $8.5m of it 7-10 months in advance. That's 7-10 months of being able to use that $8.5m to make more money for you.

Nobody turns down getting a large chunk of their pay in advance.

(03-10-2023, 07:29 PM)Housh Wrote: Brown loves to let guys play their contract out. He always misses out on cutting guys he should’ve probably cut.

I think he values honoring the deals he signs

It is playing out their contract, money doesn't reduce or increase from restructuring. It's giving the player money in advance as a cap accounting tool.


Also the whole honoring the deals thing hasn't applied to the Bengals for years and is an outdated belief...
Trae Waynes
Trey Hopkins
Geno Atkins
Bobby Hart
Giovani Bernard
Cordy Glenn
John Miller
BW Webb
Dre Kirkpatrick
Andy Dalton

All cut by the Bengals in the previous 3 offseasons.