06-08-2016, 08:08 PM
This makes Bernard the 10th highest paid back in the league, in total value this year ($6+ million) and always-fuzzy APY ($5.1). He'll actually only pull in about $3.5 per year from 2017-19 to ease the cap hit.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2016/06/08/cincinnati-bengals-extend-running-back-giovani-bernard/85611376/
Didn't make the story but I did ask him about the van - he laughed and said he's still going to drive it around.
I'm not going to get into the back-and-forth (again) about cap stuff, but yes, the roll over from last year is always set aside for the next year's extensions. This year is different though in that yes, you're right, they have decided to pull more money from other places to pay for Dansby, LaFell and their own free agents. It is about as "all in" as you're going to see them go.
And no, this does not immediately affect Kirkpatrick, Zeitler and Hewitt. They will work on those through up until week 1 of the season and see if they can get it done.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2016/06/08/cincinnati-bengals-extend-running-back-giovani-bernard/85611376/
Didn't make the story but I did ask him about the van - he laughed and said he's still going to drive it around.
I'm not going to get into the back-and-forth (again) about cap stuff, but yes, the roll over from last year is always set aside for the next year's extensions. This year is different though in that yes, you're right, they have decided to pull more money from other places to pay for Dansby, LaFell and their own free agents. It is about as "all in" as you're going to see them go.
And no, this does not immediately affect Kirkpatrick, Zeitler and Hewitt. They will work on those through up until week 1 of the season and see if they can get it done.
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