Brandon Scherff - Yes please

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(02-19-2022, 12:09 AM)BuildTheWall Wrote: Just because his annual salary is, say, $17M/year does not mean his cap hit is that high every year. For example, KC gave Thuney 16M a year for 5 years, but his cap hits are 4.5, 17.8, 18.9, 19.4 and 19.4. Give him a low salary year one, and backload the contract, and that's how you do it. Whether or not we should, or if we will, are all different conversations, but I'm just telling you it can be done, and how.

This kicks the can down the road.
It may help the Bengals in 2022, but it would greatly reduce their available cap in the year(s) after that.
Players don't typically accept deals like that either unless they get a hefty guaranteed salary that gets spread over the course of the contract.
That way, they still get plenty of $$ if they are cut down the road.
Given Bengals don't give a lot of guaranteed money because of the potential dead cap, it's unlikely that a high-quality FA would agree to the small amount in Year 1.