02-26-2024, 12:52 PM
(02-26-2024, 11:52 AM)schroomytunes Wrote: Good deal! now try to lock him up longer term on a smaller cap hit with guaranteed money, I'd also look at the Bengals to jettison some contracts now to regain some cap space:
1) Nick Scott-4.3 million
2) Chris Evans- 1.1 million
3) D'Ante Smith-1.2 million
-frees up @6.5 million and these guys can be replaced by draft picks or veteran minimum players
That is not accurate, at all.
Scott has $2 mil in Dead Cap. So cutting him saves you only $2.3 mil. Of course, then you have to sign someone to replace him. At least $1 mil. And how good a player are you gonna get for $1 mil?
The same dynamic means cutting Evans or Smith saves us effectively nothing.
Now, if you draft a guy you think is a better player, sure. But the cap savings here is like $1 mil.
