09-04-2018, 06:38 PM
(09-04-2018, 03:47 PM)sandwedge Wrote: I could swear I just read an article from Hobby, that the Bengals have spent close to 200 Mil this year and are 10th in the league spending this year.
Hobson is counting signing bonuses and the like, which all have to be paid upfront, and is much more impressive sounding when you have just signed a couple big guys to extensions. For example... Atkins counts as $16.3m/yr in the AAV list, but since he just signed and got his signing bonus and such, he counts as $25.5m in "cash" spending.
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cash/
That should be it, though Hobspin's article was likely originally written before the Beckham/Donald/Mack contracts. Also if the Bengals gave Dunlap a signing bonus, it hasn't shown up yet (Atkins is) and the Bengals are currently put at 20th on that list.
Hobspin also has his own reality that he lives in/writes about. It's the same one the Reds live in where they have a "winning culture" and "positive momentum".
(09-04-2018, 04:43 PM)Go Cards Wrote: Think we cam all agree that however MB has done it has not really worked as far as Playoffs are concerned.
Did a lot of unlike Bengals moves this offseason though and hopefully it reverses our playoff fortunes soon.
The most Bengals move that will guarantee no playoff fortune reversal:
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