{The Ultimate ANDY DALTON Mega Thread}

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(10-05-2015, 10:59 AM)djs7685 Wrote: This may sound crazy, but there isn't a QB I'd take over Andy next year (assuming he plays this way throughout all of 2015 except the playoffs) if we're considering the salary cap.

I'd just assume the playoff meltdown was a fluke after a great year and I'd definitely want to see him again in 2016. Call me stupid or whatever else, but give me 2015-Andy Dalton for $13 million over any of the guys making these $20+ hits.

Andy playing at this level for $13 mil plus another $7+ million in other players is worth more to me than Aaron Rodgers or Philip Rivers. Who knows, maybe getting an elite LB in free agency with that extra dough would help put us over the top too.

This is a great point. The Bengals FO seems to have done it again with the AD contract. I know many fans chastised them, but he is a major bargain compared to other top 5 QB's or even top 10. Flacco will account for $28 million next year against the cap, of that $10.5 million is in bonus annual hit so even if they restructure the deal and kick his money down the road, they are on the hook for a ton of money.

13 million versus 28 million is the equivalent of 7 players needed to be cut who make 2 million each.

The Bengals FO and MB deserve credit for possibly being the best cap management group in the NFL after 2011 (new CBA).