10 Things I Think I Know

[Wes Mantooth]

(01-02-2021, 09:09 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Seriously, man, WTF are you talking about?  Bengals aren't paying Gio anywhere close to "Austin Ekeler type money"

Austin Ekeler....4 years $24.5 million....$9.5 million cash this year

Gio Bernard......2 year $9.7 million.......$4.1 million cash this year

Cap Hits

Gio Bernard
2020 - 4.76
2021 - 4.76

Austin Ekeler
2020 - 5 mil
2021 - 5.75 mil

Cap Hit Rankings (Ekeler @ 10, Bernard @12) https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/rankings/cap-hit/running-back/

I never said they made an exact amount.  I said if you keep Gio you're Austin Ekeler type of money.

Do we really need to split hairs over the difference between a 4.76 mil runninng back and a counterpart making an average of 5.375 over these two seasons of Gio's extension?  Their pretty comparable as far as their compensation tier.