02-25-2022, 10:38 PM
(02-25-2022, 06:02 PM)Schmitbuck Wrote: Tomlinson, Williams, Bozeman, and Daniels (not familiar with Colbert) have all been mentioned as guys that'll command $10M(ish)/year and are all looking at 3-4 year deals. As much as I'd like to see 3 of those guys getting signed, from a cap perspective, I don't see signing 3 guys like that being good long-term. You combined those with a possible Jonah extension and it's too much allocated to one position group.
It's not that much additional money over what the Bengals would pay if they kept the current starting line. Hopkins for example is going to make 7.1 million this year if we keep him. According to PFF, Bozeman's new contract should average 7 million per year. That's close to a wash although there would be some dead cap space for cutting Hopkins.
At LG Tomlinson is predicted to get 9 million per year while Spain is predicted to get about 5 million. This means if you went out and signed both Tomlinson and Bozeman you would have a left to center line of Williams, Tomlinson and Bozeman for about 4 million more than a line of Williams, Spain, Hopkins. That is not a lot of money for a big improvement to the line.
At right tackle Reiff made 7.5 million last year and is predicted to make 7 million this year. Morgan Moses is predicted to get about 7.5 million per year. Again you are not talking that much of a difference. If you also sign Moses you have now replaced 3 of last years starting line with better talent for only 4.5 million in additional spending over Spain, Hopkins and Reiff.
The one spot where you will see a big difference in money paid is RG which everyone agrees is the biggest area we need to fix anyway. Adeniji will make about 1 million. James Daniels will make about 10 million. That adds an additional 9 million to the cap over having Adeniji but everyone agrees we need to do that anyway. The question is do you not sign Tomlinson, Bozeman and Moses and add 4.5 million extra to the cap because James Daniels will add 9 million extra by himself? When you look at the actual dollars being spent, signing those 3 other O-linemen wouldn't cost much more than if we roll with Spain, Hopkins and Reiff next year. Replacing Adeniji will cost the most.
