Salary Cap Discussion

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(01-25-2024, 02:38 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: Hill is the #20 highest paid DT in the NFL so he is being paid pretty good.   Hill certainly isnt one of the top 20 DTs in the NFL although I do agree it would be hard to replace him with someone better at the same price.

4-way tie for 20th. What guys are paid are almost never equal to what rank they are at their position. That's never going to line up because you have guys who are still on rookie deals, you have guys who are better but signed a deal a couple years ago and the numbers must always go up because the cap keeps going up, you have guys who are good but coming off injury or a down year and are on a lower 1-year prove-it deal, and then you have guys who are good but old and it's just a fact that the vast majority of older guys get less money because there's more risk.

Yeah, I think you just gotta roll with him in 2024, and then in 2025 when he's a FA you need to find a young guy to replace him. Need to slowly bring more youth (and cost savings as Burrow's cap hits increase) to that DL. The NT this year will be step 1.