03-16-2021, 10:43 AM
(03-16-2021, 10:09 AM)Au165 Wrote: No, you don't "spread out" signing bonuses. Signing bonuses are paid...on signing. The cap hit spreads but that is not the same thing as spreading out cash. Simply put, no the Bengals don't have a ton of liquid cash sitting in the bank somewhere especially after the bonuses paid out last year and coming out of a pandemic year. No, they aren't poor relative to you and me, however, they are most likely hurting for liquid cash and I am telling you the Hendrickson deal was not a coincidence that was out of necessity, and it's why Lawson wasn't retained.
Why would the Bengals be huring for liquid cash more than any other team?
Fwiw, DJ Reader, Trae Waynes, and Vonn Bell's signing bonuses totalled a combined 34.25 million dollars in 2020.
Not sure how these payouts in 2020 prevent us from being as active as other teams in 2021. And frankly, I think the idea that we're somehow more hindered by Covid, or by actually signing a few guys in 2020, than normal teams is absolutely absurd.
This is a franchise that has been making, depending on the year and what sources you believe, somewhere between 30-100 million dollars a year in profit. They've been at it a long, long time.
Do you honestly believe that the organization is out of cash? Like, they would love to sign some of these guys, but they just don't have the money available in their PNC Business Account to cut a check?
