Bengals unlikely to be aggressive in free agency

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(03-01-2023, 04:29 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: In re; Uzomah was offered more by the Jets, but not that much more.  Once you factor the additional taxes and higher cost of living in general, he's likely living less richly than he would have been by remaining a Bengal. (likely an "oof" moment, once he came to that realization)  

$15m of the $24m offered by the Jets was guaranteed at signing.

That's probably SIGNFICANTLY more than anything he was offered by the Bengals. There's only 2 guys on veteran deals for the Bengals that got more, Hendrickson got $16m of his $60m guaranteed at signing, and Reader got $20.25m of his $53m guaranteed at signing. Guaranteed money matters, and a theoretical 3yr/$21m with $5m guaranteed is nowhere even close to 3yr/$24m with $15m guaranteed.

That aside, I don't recall ever hearing that the Bengals offering him near the 3yr/$24m.