03-14-2023, 06:51 PM
(03-14-2023, 06:30 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: When the Bengals said they intended to keep their own free agents rather than go out and sign external free agents, who do you think they were referring to?
Well, obviously, Michael J. Thomas, Jalen Davis, Joe Bachie, Cal Adomitis, and Pratt.
Look, we paid zero reserves more than $3 mil per year last year, or the year before. For Perine, and others, teams with more cap room and no looming issues could always make it difficult to keep some of our guys.
The way to keep the team together (as much as possible), for as long as possible, is not to overpay for anybody. To our credit, but also to my frustration as a fan, we are not doing that. Bell's deal had a funky structure, with $10 mil vs the cap the last two years that were likely problematic for us. If folks don't want to pay $10 mil for a RB1, then $4 mil for a backup makes no sense.
I don't see any way Mixon is cut pre-draft at this point.
