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[Bengalbug]

(05-29-2024, 11:51 AM)jj22 Wrote: I never said it did. I said it was backup pay and if any of the 4 million was based on incentives and workout bonuses that he is missing we talking barely over vet minimum. Again, that isn't guaranteed starter money for RT.

People can twist my words all they want as they typically do when I speak fact that they hate to hear, then they work themselves up into a frenzy over their own spin of my post. I don't know how clear I can be. But I said what I said and it's all in this thread. I never spoke on Browns ability to play. I spoke on what he is getting paid.

Trent brown is the 15th highest paid RT in the NFL for 2024 @ $4,750,000. Trent brown is the 46th highest paid tackle in the NFL (meaning most 31/32 LT are being paid more).

Trent Brown got a $2,000,000 signing bonus.

Lael Collins, signed by the bills, is getting $3,000,000 less than Trent brown. He is still the 22nd highest paid RT for 2024… but this is a better example of “backup” pay.

It’s also interesting at brown currently has the 16th highest cap hit for the bengals in 2024. Dante smith and Cody ford are around $1,250,000, and we can all agree that they are backup.

Trent brown is T-8th in 2024 prorated signing bonus with Sheldon rankins, Sam Hubbard and Logan Wilson.

Trent brown is 17th on the team in dead cap ($2,000,000) meaning if the bengals cut him, they owe him that regardless.

Sure, he might be a backup (most likely due to an injury and losing his spot). But in no way can we sit here and pretend that his salary is indicative of a backup T salary. It’s just not factual.