02-18-2019, 06:47 PM
(02-18-2019, 05:25 PM)ochocincos Wrote: The money doesn't add up to allow this to happen.
Bengals cap space for 2019 = $50.4 mill
Re-signing listed Bengals FA's = $23.5 mill ($26.9 mill)
Alexander, Mosley, and Hicks combined = $27 mill (-$0.1 mill)
The Bengals will need to reserve around $8 mill for draft picks, another $2-5 mill for injuries (every team does this), and they also will likely reserve a decent amount for extensions (Boyd, Boling, Green to name the big 3).
Realistically, you're probably looking at $25-30 mill to spend on all FAs, both internal and external.
Even if they cut Burfict, that only saves about $7 mill for 2019 and $9 mill for 2020.
EDIT - Remove Eifert and Brown from your list to save $11 mill and also cut Burfict to save $7 mill and you get $18 mill extra to spend, which would be a good amount for your listed external FAs, draft picks, injury reservation, and some planned extensions.
I still had. 16 million left in the cap after this.
