Wasting those Rookie QB Contract Years

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(11-01-2022, 12:33 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: So the Bengals are struggling to build a competitive team around Burrow with him on a rookie deal. They make moves on the line, but they don't work out.

When Burrow is making $40-50 million a year and Chase $30 million and when they can't afford Higgins or Boyd...how will this team be?

They won't be able to pay for other offensive weapons once they have a top QB and WR1 under contract.
They'll have to rely on the draft and/or cheaper FAs to fill in.

Probably also can't pay big FA contracts to the entire DL either, like they are now.

Having Bates (and Mixon?) off the books next year should help.
Although Bell is probably deserving of a raise this offseason and will likely get it from some team.