Dead Weight

[BengalChris]

(02-28-2017, 01:02 PM)Au165 Wrote: Look at their cap breakdowns and show me where they "Lied" and didn't spend the money. Calling people dumb is funny because the math would say those that believe them are in fact correct, and those who don't are ignorant to the actual cap. The roll over is used, now how they use it is up in the air, but the roll over is used as the NFLPA numbers show.

According to Spotrac
In 2016 the team had 5,108,306 cap space left at the end of the year and it looks like they've carried over 6,578,866 to 2017. Not sure how they can carry over more than they had left, this also occurred in 2013 and 2012.
In 2015 the team had 8,216,924 left and carried over 7,587,902 to 2016.
In 2014 the team had 10,021,378 left and carried over 8,697,310 to 2015.
In 2013 the team had 7,964,686 left and carried over 8,663,480 to 2014.
In 2012 the team had 5,029,418 left and carried over 8,579,575 to 2013.
In 2011 the team had 26,496,471 left and there was none recorded carry over to 2012. Unspent cap money that isn't rolled over is kept by the team, that is to say its owner, which is to say Mikey Brown.

In 2011 they simply just didn't rollover the money. $26M unused, never-will-be-used salary cap space. Since then it's almost as if they just keep rolling about the same amount one year into the next, so I don't see that they are using it.

I'm sure the Bengals use more cap space than a number of other teams, but we never see them cut under-performers to make cap room for more proven players either.


EDIT:
Places the team could add some cap space.
Adam Pacman Jones counts 7,666,666 against the cap in 2017 and has a dead cap amount of 1,333,334 if he's cut.

Ray Maualuga counts 3,668,750 against the cap has no dead cap amount.

That's 9M+ in cap space right there just waiting to be grabbed by more talented and, in Adam Jones' case, more worthy players.