01-19-2017, 01:45 PM
(01-19-2017, 01:07 AM)BengalChris Wrote: Okay, I say it every year, and a little earlier this year given the suck ass year we had.
That $45 million will go something like this:
Starting with $45M
minus $12M for rookies (we have extra picks this year and are picking higher, so the rookie salaries will be higher than last year)
minus $8M injury contingency
That leaves a balance of $25M for free agency, contract extensions and any rollover to future years.
With that we have Zeitler, Kirkpatrick, Whit, LaFell, etc.
Whit is almost a must resign due to Oggieboggie boy's serious suck factor.
You're giving the Bengals.com PR spin answer:
We have the 11th most cap space in the NFL...and teams with less cap space than us will find a way to structure a contract in a way to sign Whitworth or Zeitler away from us.
And that doesn't even touch on the possibility of waiving MJ, Maualuga, Jones or some of the other usual suspects.
They can retain both Whitworth and Zeitler if they want to.
