01-31-2023, 08:21 PM
(01-31-2023, 08:18 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Nah, they paid 2 last year. Joe Thuney and Orlando Brown Jr. Thuney looks like he has a smaller cap hit, but he converted nearly $13m of his base salary into a signing bonus. They still paid him big in 2022, but they pushed some of the cap hits to later years (which is why it's now $22.1m in 2023).
They're going to have to pay a minimum 2 if not 3 this year with Orlando Brown being a FA and Creed Humphrey being eligible for an extension now.
That said, I fully support stealing some guys from their FO. The Bengals have exactly 4 scouts and 1 of the 4 is in charge of pro scouting.
I am going by the salary cap - Brown was their big money guy.
Thuney will be their only big money guy this season as they will let Brown walk and draft an OT, IMO.
Creed is not eligible for an extension until after next season. Even then, extensions don't hit the cap hard for a couple more years.
