Full Off-Season and Mock 2.0

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(11-29-2023, 07:45 PM)ochocincos Wrote: How are you getting to still have $70 mill in cap AFTER free agency?

Bengals are estimated to have $70 mill BEFORE free agency, per Spotrac.
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/cap/2024/

I don't see a mention to release anyone to free up more cap, and the guys you have added will cost...
Reader - $16 mill APY
Sample - $1.5 mill APY
Bailey - $1.25 mill APY
Williams - $13.6 mill APY
Fant - $5 mill
Ekeler - $8 mill APY
Gesicki - $6 mill
Madubuike - $18.3 mill APY
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$69.65 mill

Bengals won't go right up to the cap before the draft, they'll reserve ~$10 mill if not more.

I realize the structure of the contracts means that it won't necessarily mean those averages will be the actual cap hits for 2024 so some could be lower, but I think you've gotten a little too optimistic with the FA adds...unless I'm missing something?
I would nearly guarantee they won't add 5 new starters via outside FA. Maybe 3 and then supplement with early draft picks.

For the draft...who is Brockers? You mean Brock Bowers?
Nabers and Mims would be solid adds, but I don't really know the other guys.

We had an estimated $70 before FA, not after.

Keep in mind that this is going off a $240 mil cap estimate, which is on the conservative side.  Some are predicting the cap to go as high as $256 mil.

As an example of what structure can do, Orlando Brown signed a deal worth $16 mil APY this past off-season and his cap hit this year is only $10.  Mike McGlinchey signed a deal with a $17.5 mil AAY and his 2023 cap hit was $6 million.  Jason Hargrave and Jawaan Taylor both got deals worth north of $20 mil AAV with $6 mil cap hits.  You can do a lot with structure.

Brockers is my Burrows, lol.  Total brain fart.  Thanks for the heads up.

I will get into write ups on the Day 3 guys when I get some time.  I was pressed for time when posting this.