Thank you Ian Rapoport

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(03-04-2020, 01:44 AM)Essex Johnson Wrote: Interesting also to see that the Bengals were not the cheap end of teams when it comes to pay as so many want to make out.. yes they don;t do the bit money in the Free Agents but they still are not at the bottom like so many want to say

The Brown Family is definitely cheap. Defenders want to point to how much they've spent. Well not only is there a cap, there's also a floor. So they have to spend. The issue is who and how they spend it so that they don't really have to mess with free agency. Regardless of team (or even personal) performance, they like to re-sign their own to front loaded contracts to make cap disappear as quickly as possible. Plus, it's been noted many times that the Bengals are always at or near the top of the League for money saved for injuries.

Someone else mentioned it earlier in the thread, but the ridiculous contracts given to Bernard, Hart, and Webb last season could've been much better used to bring in a player who would potentially be an upgrade. Instead of spending the money on 1 quality player, the Family likes to spread it around to a bunch of marginal players. It's the Bengals way. Why improve when you can constantly re-sign your own and bring in a multitude of cheap players and still make the money disappear?

People can point to certain seasons all they want, but constantly re-signing an injury prone Eifert, overpaying Hart, overpaying Webb, overpaying Bernard, so and so on help contribute to losing seasons and a losing culture. Yeah it's nice they're middle of the League in spending, but that means they could still be spending more. It also means they are obviously doing a poor job of who they're spending the money on.