02-17-2017, 09:43 PM
(02-17-2017, 06:39 PM)BenZoo2 Wrote: That's just it. The bengals never seem to divert money elsewhere. There's no outside the box thinking here. The type of thinking that is if we cut mauluga we save x dollars and combined with zeitlers money gets us player y. Mikey b is too loyal on contracts. It's why he was never caving to Carson Palmer, not that he should have. Or asked Leon hall to take a pay cut towards the end of his career, which he should have. It's still all about the bottom line here.
Exactly. People who want to not pay Zeitler $10 million and start Westerman are essentially saying 'Pay that money to yourself Mike Brown.'
It's not like the Bengals are going to use that money on Alshon Jeffery.
You'll hear PR that signing Whitworth and Kirkpatrick and the rookie class with the extra draft picks ate up all the cap. The reality is they could cut players that aren't performing and the cap generally goes up each year.
Plus, the rollover cap money can be used to offset some of it if used creatively.
The Steelers and Patriots use the cap creatively and people always say they'll have cap issues...but they rarely do as they restructure contracts frequently.
