JoeyBs contract comes first

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(05-24-2023, 08:56 AM)Luvnit2 Wrote: Do fans realize Boyd makes over 10 million per year? Boyd's replacement was drafted in 2023. We will save 9 million in future years or likely 50% of the new Higgins contract.

Bengals FO has a plan nd includes the trio of Burrow, Higgins and Chase.

Not exactly how that works.... As Burrow is currently slated for a $18m higher cap hit in 2024 than in 2023, Orlando will have a $6m higher cap hit, BJ Hill will have a $2.5m higher cap hit, Hendrickson has a $2m higher cap hit, Karras will be up almost $2m, Pratt and Chase (not counting a probably Chase extension) will both have roughly a $1.5m higher cap hit, etc, etc.... Just because a guy comes off the books doesn't automatically mean that amount of cap space is suddenly free.

Also $9m is almost certainly going to be well under 50% of the Higgins contract. $18m/yr would tie him for 17th highest paid WR and would mean he would be out of the top-20 before the 2024 season even starts and probably even out of the top-25. Think more $24-25m/yr. By the start of 2024, $24m/yr won't even be a top-10 paid WR. It'd currently be a 3-way tie for 6th, and Justin Jefferson and CeeDee Lamb will both surpass that this offseason and Chase, Waddle, Devonta, and St Brown will surpass it before 2024 and there may be other vets who get extension by then too.