"It sounds like the Bengals are going to be more active in free agency"

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(02-22-2020, 02:04 PM)fredtoast Wrote: His contract adjusted to todays salary cap would be 2 years 17.5 million.

Adjusted contract value 2 yr, $10.8 million.  

Adjusted contract 1 year $5.8 million.  Not exactly a "bargain bin deal".

It doesn't work that way, Fred.

JJo's 5yr/$48.75m contract he got "adjusted to todays salary cap" according to your relative increases would produce a 5yr/$81.25m deal. That would be $16.25m/yr, which is $1.2m/yr more than any other CB in the league right now (and $2.21m/yr more than the 3rd highest paid CB). 

But JJo wasn't anywhere near the highest paid CB in the league in 2011 at $9.75m/yr. Let alone far ahead of everyone else.
Revis: $11.5m/yr
Bailey: $10.75m/yr
Woodson: $11.0m/yr
Asomugha: $14.3m/yr
(Those are just some of the guys, I am sure there are more.)

So adjusting the spending to the cap increases just simply doesn't work like you're suggesting. Probably because Quarterbacks (and to a lesser degree pass rushers) have eaten up so much of the cap increases.