DJ Reader a Bengal

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(04-03-2020, 06:17 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: I'm sorry, I forgot that Mike Brown/Duke Tobin had shown themselves to be the smartest FO in the league and know better than everyone else with all of their wild success and Super Bowl wins they've had.

Michael Thomas for the Saints is only a $7m cap hit this year, and doesn't go into the $20m+ range until 2022.
Stephon Gilmore for the Pats had cap hits under $10m his first three years and $18-19m cap hits the final two.
Frank Clark for the Chiefs had a $6.5m cap hit in 2019, $19.3m in 2020, and $25.8m in 2021.
Matt Ryan for the Falcons is still having under $20m cap hits in 2020 and later $40m in the contract.
Earl Thomas for the Ravens had a $7m cap hit in 2019, and $17m in 2022.

EVERY successful team makes use of backloading contracts to make sure they get the most talent possible in their cap space each year. The Bengals aren't geniuses because they do otherwise. The results show that.

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