How much cap space do we have.

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(02-27-2022, 12:27 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Last off season the Stealers had to cut players for cap reasons and it hurt them this year.

The best teams don't swing wildly from year to year from going "all in" and then folding.  You can move cap space down the road, but you can't make it disappear.

The best teams develop draft picks to step in and start when a vet demands too much money.  No team can be good for any extended period of time on free agents.  The math does not work.  You have to get a decent amount of production from some players on their first contracts.

 

100% correct.

Teams that "free up cap space" are not finding some miracle way to pay people less money.
They're just adding dead cap into future years.

Bengals haven't typically liked to do this because it means potentially paying players even if they aren't playing, or making it harder to actually move on from players.
Bengals like to make the argument that the players essentially do get guaranteed money because they won't let go of a player until likely the last year of their contract (or at all), but many players don't typically trust that model.