04-20-2020, 01:11 PM
(04-20-2020, 12:39 PM)spazz70 Wrote: The Bengals are not going to eat any contract....Dalton was given permission to seek a trade....That means that at trade would most likely involve a new contract with said team. Cincinnati would just cut Dalton before eating any monies. We will find out in the next few weeks as they need the cap room to sign rookies after the draft. If anything a trade would be done late Thursday or Friday night when the Bengals are on the clock for pick 33 or 107.
Mike Brown would prefer not to spend any money but he'll be aware it is better to spend $5m to acquire a 3rd round pick than to outright cut Dalton.
In baseball studies have shown a 2nd round pick is worth about $20m, obviously the finances are different in football but the principle is the same in that the draft allows teams to acquire talent at artificially low prices. That is incredibly valuable to franchises - why do you think Mike Brown values compensatory picks so highly?
