Hobson’s annual disappointment cap article

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(03-09-2022, 12:17 PM)ochocincos Wrote: It sounds like in Hobson's mind (which might also reflect the FO's), Bengals want to reserve ~$20+ mill in cap by the time Burrow's extension comes around. If the cap only goes up $13 mill, that won't be enough to cover. As such, they might plan to reserve some money in the year(s) leading up to that to have enough.

Personally, I think they have the wrong mindset.
What they need to do is worry about the next 2-3 years that you do have Burrow on that cheaper contract and try to go all in to get a Super Bowl win.
If cap becomes an issue at that point, restructure contracts and/or offer more guaranteed money with lower cap hits early in the contracts, like most other teams do.
Look at what GB just did with Rodgers. They just gave him a 4-year, $200 mill extension. He already counts $47 mill toward the cap this year and they are still over the cap. Not to mention they also tagged Davante Adams at $20.145 mill. They are now $49.2 mill OVER the cap. They don't care because they'll figure it out via restructures and other releases.

Exactly, we have young stars on rookie contracts so we should field the best team possible these next few years and not go crazy worrying how we’ll keep a guy 4+ seasons from now. It’s hard to win a super bowl. You can’t pass up an opportunity like this because you’re worried about something so far off you can’t possibly know what situation we’ll be in. Burrow could get injured and never play again before it comes time to re-sign him.

We did the “try to be competitive forever” thing with Dalton and Green. It did not work. I’d much rather go all in for a SB ring now even if it means we have to blow things up 5 years from now and rebuild. You just have to keep burrow if it comes to that and you can rebuild and have another window 2-3 years later. Don’t waste his whole career because you’re afraid of being bad someday.