Would you bring Andre Smith back?

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(01-04-2017, 04:50 PM)CINwillWIN Wrote: Andrew Whitworth signed a 1 year, $9,000,000 contract with the Cincinnati Bengals, including a $2,000,000 signing bonus, $3,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $9,000,000. In 2016, Whitworth will earn a base salary of$5,800,000, a roster bonus of $1,000,000 and a workout bonus of $200,000.


Kevin Zeitler signed a 4 year, $7,544,200 contract with the Cincinnati Bengals, including a $3,926,692 signing bonus, $6,125,446 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $1,886,050. In 2016, Zeitler will earn a base salary of $8,070,000. Zeitler has a cap hit of $8,070,000 while his dead money value is $8,070,000.



numbers game.


Maybe we can franchise tag Zeitler, resign Whit on a two year deal...?

That is a very interesting idea.  It gives them a year to develop a replacement of Zeitler, and Guard is probably one of the lower paid positions to calculate the top 5 salary formula.  Kind of like when the Bengals franchised their kicker.  

I see Zeitler as just OK.  I certainly don't want believe he gets $10 million per year, like DeBagCastro (I love that and I'm stealing that).

EDIT:  It appears Guards are not broken out from OTs, and Cs in the calculation...which means roughly $14 million....not going to do that.