03-07-2022, 11:10 PM
(03-07-2022, 10:39 PM)ochocincos Wrote: How does tagging him give the Bengals more cash in hand?
A multi-year deal is more flexible with how it affects the cap year to year.
Tag requires full cap of $13.5 mill, fully guaranteed.
(03-07-2022, 10:40 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: It actually doesn’t. They could have spread that money out more on a long term deal.It can help to sign another player long term. JB is not counting against our cap beyond this season.
It does limit our ability to sign players to 1-year contracts, but it does make it easier to sign FAs to long term deals.
