11-11-2021, 05:05 PM
(11-11-2021, 10:29 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Thornton ($9.1) + Hardy ($8.5) + James ($8.7) + Kelly ($4.0) + Clemmons ($2.8) + Herring ($5.5) + O'Neal ($4.1) + Nate Webster ($5.4) = $48.1
Hendrickson ($15.0) + Trae Waynes ($14.0) + Reader ($13.3M) + Riley Reiff ($7.5M) + Awuzie ($7.3M) + Ogunjobi ($6.2 M) + Bell ($6.0) + Hilton ($6.0) = $75.3
Not even in the same ballpark. Almost an extra $30 million per year.
Touche. It was still one of the most significant splurges in Bengals history though. I'd also throw in that Palmer's rookie deal had a base $17.5 million average by today's standards, with easily attainable incentives to push it to $20 million avg.
Burrow's contract has only a $9 million average. That helped us spend more.
I concede that Zac's spending spree was a bit better, but you should at least admit that the strategies were similar, and that was one of the most active periods of FA/trades we've had in a 2 year span.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
