Geno Stone plans to sign with the Bengals

[Mike M (the other one)]

(03-16-2024, 02:53 AM)Bengal Dude Wrote: I'm glad we have Stone, but I wonder what's up with all of these short term deals in free agency. Free agency used to be 4-6 year deals, even some being 7 years. Now they've all been 1-3 years.

(03-16-2024, 04:19 AM)pulses Wrote: Who wants to lock in a guy for 7 years at a big number (unless your a QB or maybe someone like chris jones etc.) when in 2 or 3 years you can find someone just as good or better for less....

That's exactly it, teams spend the cap on the short term deals til a player comes along that's worth locking down for 3-4 years.