2022 Cap is 208 million

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(05-30-2021, 11:56 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: I don't think trading for Ertz prevents you from giving new deals to Bates and/or Hubbard though.  We currently sit at almost 24 million in available space.

You have to remember, if Bates or Hubbard were to get extended they'd still have their base salaries set for this season.  Now, the Bengals most liklely would front load some of the signing bonus onto this year's cap but I don't think it would be a ridiculous amount.  With Mixon they only frontloaded around 2.5 million on the final year of the rookie deal.  Hell, even if they decided to front load a shit ton, say 15 million total between them, we'd still be sitting on enough money to pay for him.

I also think the move would be to cut Uzomah if they somehow actually wanted Ertz.  That would free up 5.2 million dollars.  With Ertz only costing 8.5 million, you'd be looking at a difference of 3.3 million.

If people don't think Ertz is that much better than Uzomah or they think he's washed up, I can kind of get that.  But I don't understand those that use money as the primary reason as to why we shouldn't pursue him.  We have plenty of money to do so, and we haven't even gotten to training camp cuts that could free up more (Ex: Someone like XSF could save the Bengals 2.5 million)

All of this is well and good. I was just trying to respond to multiple things I saw stated in the thread.

We certainly have enough to do a lot more. We always roll over cap and I'm just hoping that we don't just roll all of it over. We can definitely still add players and go ahead and reup Bates and Hubbard. I'm not saying these are the only options available, just saying that I'd rather re-sign those 2 than to bring in Ertz. Also that we have added more weapons already and I think it would be more beneficial for the team to bring in additional OL or LB help than to bring in Ertz.

I would think they would cut Uzomah as well, but others have suggested keeping both. If that were the plan, I'd rather just keep Uzomah and look for potential upgrades elsewhere.

I wouldn't be upset if they brought in Ertz. I don't think he's a bad player and I do believe he would be the best TE on the roster. It's just my opinion that if we add more to the offense that it needs to be OL and not a TE.