2023 Schedule is strong - our key free agents to focus on the rest of the season

[WeezyBengal]

(12-09-2022, 04:09 AM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: I was going to come in and say we should sign someone and use some of our leftover cap to front load some deals and lock up Pratt and Bell with a xmas present. But apparently we have almost maxed out the cap

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/cap/

I did not realize

That's 2022. If you switch to 2023 we are at 75% of the cap. 

If the team wants to save money and upgrade the team elsewhere, they need to take a long, hard look at Mixon's contract next year. They could save around 8 million. 

I'm not sure that would be a wise thing to do though with all of the contracts coming up. The Bengals don't like to push guaranteed money and cutting one of their best locker room guys in order to save money on a non-guaranteed contract might leave some hesitation for others to sign here on a non guaranteed contract.