The Bengals Offense is broken, and there might not be an easy fix

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(10-01-2023, 08:19 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Aren’t they a top 5 paid group by cap % though? At least according to this.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/positional/offensive-line/

If you have cap hits of $4m, $6m, and $11m for your contract, and are in Year 3, you're still a $7m/yr player even though you have a cap hit of $11m. That list doesn't account for teams who do cap accounting tricks to open up more space or formatting which is why cap hits just this year isn't a great one to look at.

The Chiefs for instance signed an OT to a 4yr/$80m deal just this last offseason. He has a cap hit of $5.85m in 2023.
The Bengals signed an OT to a 4yr/$64m deal as well this last offseason. He has a cap hit of $10.35m in 2023.

The Chiefs player is a more expensive and more highly paid player than the Bengals player, they just moved their cap hits around differently.