12-29-2023, 07:41 PM
(12-29-2023, 06:56 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: We don't really have any expensive offensive talent right now. We have 1 offensive player in the Top-80 cap hits in 2023 (Burrow).
Joe Burrow is also currently our only Top-80 offensive cap hit in 2024.
You dont need to be in the top 80 to save money. Jonah is making 12.6 million this year. Next year he is predicted to make the same or more. Let Jonah walk and replace him with a 1st round draft pick. Currently the Bengals are sitting at the #18 draft spot which is expected to count 2.7 million against the cap in 2024. Instead of re-signing Jonah at 12.6 or more, if the Bengals instead used the 1st round draft pick at RT, the Bengals would save 10 million or more against next years cap. Tyler Boyd is making 10 million this year. Let Boyd walk and you save another 10 million. Tee Higgins would make about 23 million next year if tagged and would likely try to ask for even more to re-sign on a longer term contract. Let Tee walk replace him with a 2nd round pick and you save 22+ million. Joe Mixon redid his contract to pay him 8.5 million next year. If he is cut next year the dead cap space would be 2.75 million but the Bengals could save around 6 million with the cut.
Savings
10m Jonah
10m Boyd
22m Higgins
6m Mixon
48 million in savings by not having Jonah, Boyd, Higgins and Mixon on the team next year. This is money that could be spent on adding defensive talent while replacing the lost offensive talent with draft picks.
