DJ Reader a Bengal

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(04-03-2020, 06:41 PM)TJHoushmandzadeh Wrote: You do realize front loading the contract will allow the Bengals to do this in Burrow's prime?

You do realize that the Bengals only have 3 players under team control right now for the 2023 season?

Tyler Boyd
DJ Reader
Jonah Williams (only if they exercise his 5th year option)

That's it. Done. That's all of their theoretical contractual commitments they have right now for when Burrow is actually eligible for an extension. 

Meanwhile the salary cap will rise another $40m+ in that timeframe. That's why making contract moves to plan for something that may or may not happen 4 years from now is an absurd idea in the NFL.

(04-03-2020, 06:41 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: Well, it was smart if it helped cause Reader to choose the Bengals over the Broncos.

If that was the reason.

One of the few times they backloaded a contract that I can think of was Dalton, and now they're in a situation where they can cut him with $0 in dead cap space. It paid off.

(04-03-2020, 07:06 PM)Whatever Wrote: So we've basically gone from complaining that the FO never signs top tier FA's in their prime to complaining about the contract structure of a top tier FA in their prime that they just signed?

It's all under the umbrella of wanting a well-run FO. It's not separate issues.