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(05-13-2022, 05:00 PM)George Cantstandya Wrote: I agree.  But as far as cap space have the Bengals singed any of their draft picks yet? I have not heard of any yet but I may have missed it.  According to Over the Cap the rookie pool will cost 6.9 million. 

https://overthecap.com/draft/

So after that it still gives them 8 million left over though.  I hope they spend almost every penny of it.

Edit Over the Cap shows the Bengals have 17 million.  


https://overthecap.com/salary-cap-space/

So after rookie signings that gives them 10 million to bring in other players.

Not to pick on you, but I get so frustrated in every thread where cap space comes up, someone (or multiple someones) always does this. 

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PEOPLE. YOU CANNOT JUST SUBTRACT THE SALARY OF THE NEW PLAYER FROM THE AVAILABLE CAP SPACE TO GET THE NEW NUMBER. IT DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY. The only time it would is if we have less than 51 guys under contract. It is over 70. 

There is (almost) always someone coming OFF the top 51 at this point.

The #51 guy right now is Chris Evans. He makes $868,222. Volson is set to make $869,221. If he signed today, he'd be #51. Evans' $868,222 would come off, and Volson's $869,221 would come on, for a net loss of cap space of $999 dollars. Not $869,221. 

The 5th & 6th round guys (Anderson & Gunter) will make less than the guys they displace, if they make the team, we'll actually gain cap space on these sites. 

These sites calculate based on the top 51 salaries on the books. Some lower salaried guys may make the team (Mitchell Wilcox?). And some of the draft picks may displace higher paid guys (Hill, CTB, & Anderson could mean the end for Brandon Wilson, who makes $2.5 mil with $500k in dead money). 

We'll lose less than $2 mil off that $17 mil number for the rookies.  Around $1.2 mil for Hill. Around $150k for CTB. Less than $100k for Carter. Less than $1k for Volson. And we will gain money if Anderson/Gunter make the 53. And like I said, if B. Wilson goes, we could actually gain money on the swaps. 

Yes, the 6 rookies are set to make around $6,499,865 mil or whatever. But the 6 lowest paid guys on our cap sheet (Evans, Hill  Henderson, Gaillard, Spence, + Davis/Bachie) combine to make $5,321,310. The difference? 

$1,178,555. 

The rooks do not, and will not, cost us $6.5 mil in cap space.