03-23-2022, 08:10 PM
The salary cap is a lie.
The Saints had like -$71m in cap space, released nobody, signed a $9.5m/yr safety and were still trying to trade for Deshaun Watson's huge contract before setting on a $14m/yr QB instead.
The Buccaneers had basically no cap space, re-signed a $20m/yr WR, re-signed a $15m/yr CB, a $7m/yr RB, a $13m/yr C.
It's all about how talented your FO is at moving numbers and how much cash your owner is willing to shell out in bonuses. Meanwhile there's already people on this board talking about how the Bengals are going to have to lose both Higgins and Boyd in 2 years to pay Chase despite Chase having 4 years of team control yet even without franchise tags. FO trained them to think in the exact opposite of good FOs.
The Saints had like -$71m in cap space, released nobody, signed a $9.5m/yr safety and were still trying to trade for Deshaun Watson's huge contract before setting on a $14m/yr QB instead.
The Buccaneers had basically no cap space, re-signed a $20m/yr WR, re-signed a $15m/yr CB, a $7m/yr RB, a $13m/yr C.
It's all about how talented your FO is at moving numbers and how much cash your owner is willing to shell out in bonuses. Meanwhile there's already people on this board talking about how the Bengals are going to have to lose both Higgins and Boyd in 2 years to pay Chase despite Chase having 4 years of team control yet even without franchise tags. FO trained them to think in the exact opposite of good FOs.
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