"we keep our own"

[Derrick]

(02-18-2017, 01:44 PM)muskiesfan Wrote: I've always applauded the front office for keeping us out of cap purgatory/cap hell. That's a good bit of work. However, to constantly cut our cap in half is total bullshit. I'm so tired of everything being set up for Mike Brown to be able to do the bare minimum every damn year.

Why are we keeping $5 million for injuries? How many seasons have the Bengals spent $5 million bringing in players during the season? This is a ridiculous number. There's no reason to keep that much set aside other than to not spend it.

The rookies have a wage scale. Yes, the Bengals covet those extra picks so they don't have to spend money elsewhere. We also know that the Bengals aren't trading up to get anyone. That costs too much, so throw that out the window right now. I could see them trading down and acquiring more picks (cheap labor for the win), so I guess their rookie pool could go up if they add even more picks. However, what are the odds that the 11 they already have make the team this season?

Rollover. Every year we have to kick the can down the road to sign players, but magically be out of ***** cap space when it comes time to re-sign them. So the $8 million or so they rolled over from last year isn't for these free agents, so it has to be kicked to next year plus add some more to it.

This shit gives me a headache. This team has got to understand that free agency can be a good thing and help the team. They're cutting their nose off to spit their face. It's funny that we're the only team we hear about all of these cap issues with.

Let's face it. You can't teach an old brown dog new tricks. Nothing will change, period. Yes, it is tiresome and frustrating.