Lou anarumo

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(01-04-2024, 11:17 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: The Bengals total cap hit for the defensive line is 43.1 million.  The offensive line takes up 44.6 million of the cap so the Bengals are spending more money for the offensive line than they are the defensive line.

I agree with Nicomo's response to this, but also you just compared a position with 4 starters to a position with 5 starters. 

Also also the Bengals have only 7 guys on their entire roster making at least $10m/yr and 4 of them are on the DL. (The other 3 are Burrow, Orlando, and Boyd)

They are not "spending more money for the OL than the DL" they merely have a larger cap hit this year. Those are not the same thing. Kirk Cousins has a higher cap hit in 2023 than Joe Burrow, that does not mean the Vikings "spent more money" for their QBs than the Bengals.

By AAV, the Bengals have the 4th most money spent on DL this year in the entire NFL (though admittedly this is probably a little higher than it should be as I think pass rushing OLB are grouped under LBs). They are 19th for OL, 20th for WRs, 21st for RBs, and 29th for TEs. They have put very little money in the offense as a whole relative to the rest of the NFL outside of Burrow.