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RE: Why are so many players being overpaid?? - Nate (formerly eliminate08) - 03-10-2016
(03-10-2016, 08:34 PM)Bengalfan11164 Wrote: The bengals have $39 million.
Paying pacman $7 and Iloka $6, we still have $26 million.
I wouldn't have signed both sanu and Marvin, but I don't by that the bengals couldn't have afford to sign jones for $8, Vinnie Rey for $4, Winston for $1.
That leaves $13 left.
Eifert has a reasonable 5th year option.
Zeitler could be extended this year and drop his cap hit.
And salary cap is probably still going up in upcoming years.
Marvin wanted a more featured role, so he left.
But the bengals have enough reserve to have signed Marvin AND signed these other guys (bengals ufa).
The Bengals offered MLJ 8 mil a year...
I hope we extend Zeitler and Gio this year myself.
Eifert we can wait on and Kirkpatrick right now is not worth it IMO.
RE: Why are so many players being overpaid?? - fredtoast - 03-10-2016
(03-10-2016, 08:34 PM)Bengalfan11164 Wrote: The bengals have $39 million.
Paying pacman $7 and Iloka $6, we still have $26 million.
I wouldn't have signed both sanu and Marvin, but I don't by that the bengals couldn't have afford to sign jones for $8, Vinnie Rey for $4, Winston for $1.
That leaves $13 left.
Eifert has a reasonable 5th year option.
Zeitler could be extended this year and drop his cap hit.
And salary cap is probably still going up in upcoming years.
Bengals don't have just $15 million like Hobs claimed, but they don't really have $38 million either. I saw a very balanced reasonable analysis that concluded the Bengal had about $28 million to spend. They have already spent well over the $15 millions and I guarantee they are not close to finished. They will be small contracts but they will be spending a few million more.
That should still leave a few million to get an extension done before the season starts. In fact we could actually increase our cap space by giving Zeitler a long term deal that would not result in an $8+ million hit this year.