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(02-08-2022, 11:17 AM)M.W. Wrote: I was watching some NFL news yesterday and they mentioned the highest paid player on the Bengals is Henderickson.  Think he is aroun 13m/yr.  Nobody else on the Bengals is even 10M.  

Compare that to the Rams - 4 players at or above 15M and if I recall correctly, Henderickson would be their 5th highest paid player.

To me this means:

Cincinnati gets great value and drafts well.
Cincinnati signs free agents prudently (normally)
Cincinnati is a team built to last!

Rams - will be in cap trouble super soon.
Rams mortgaged their future for this run.

We don't want to be like the Rams..

Incorrect.

The Bengals have 3 players making $10+ mill this season.
Hendrickson - $12.476 mill
Reader - $13.562 mill
Waynes - $15.8 mill

Next year, the Bengals will have 5 players above $10 mill - Boyd ($10.1), Mixon ($11.4), Reader ($13.6), Hendrickson ($14.5), and Waynes ($15.8).
Waynes can be cut this coming offseason though to free up $11 mill in cap.