03-01-2017, 11:31 AM
(03-01-2017, 01:12 AM)jowczarski Wrote: @BengalChris - That line about carrying over no money from 2011 to '12 didn't make sense to me because it was the first year of the new CBA that allowed for that. John Clayton wrote in '12 that the Bengals carried over $15M from 2011 to 2012.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/7570116/nfl-plenty-cap-room-improve
Spotrac and Over The Cap are great resources but always remember they are incomplete, pull their information from other people/sites that report figures, and in some ways include educated guesses. For instance, those sites didn't know McCarron was actually a restricted free agent in 2018.
Edit: As for the argument about moving on from older players, that is a fair one. They try to choose to honor a contract to the end and get something out of those players rather than incur those costs + cost of a new player. Worth questioning that methodology in some instances.
It's not even all about older players at this point with the Jones scenario. Unlike some here, I think there's no doubt that Adam has a place on this team if he stays out of trouble this offseason. He may have experienced a slight decline in play, but he's still pretty good.
Unfortunately, we know he did not stay out of trouble. He embarrassed himself and the city. I won't say he embarrassed the Browns or the organization, because I don't believe they feel that particular emotion like normal human beings.
Now we have Adam, making a lot of money just begging to be released and a good starting corner in Dre due for a payday. what is so hard about this for them to figure out? Cut a habitual criminal who likely won't be available to you for a chunk of the season to pay a much younger, capable player that will. Totally insane not to do this IMO.
