08-29-2024, 04:29 PM
(08-29-2024, 03:42 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: That would make sense. They got Jeudy from Denver, if they get Aiyuk would appear not happy with Jeudy.
I don't think that'd be the case at all. It just means Cooper is in his age 30 season this year and will be a FA next year, and Aiyuk is in his age 26 season this year and coming off a better year than Cooper has ever has so they'd want to upgrade in both age and hopefully production at WR1. Amari Cooper is like Brandin Cooks, where they can technically be a #1 WR, but you're never going to feel great about it (I think Higgins will also end up falling in this category when he goes elsewhere).
They've done some heavy cap screwery with Jeudy's deal, and he doesn't have a cap hit of $10m+ until 2027.
They're absolutely loading their players up with void years and just telling future-them to go screw themselves. For example, they have 0 players under contract for 2028 but they still have $73.8m in cap commitments to 20 players through void years.
Meanwhile I might be mistaken but I think the only contract that got void years from the Bengals was Joe Burrow's in 2030.
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