Chase not Practicing

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(08-30-2024, 05:31 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: The salary cap isnt $500 million.  It's 255.4 million this year.  A 40 million per year extension would be close to 16% of the cap.  Even if you average it over a 6 yard period and the cap hit was $32 million per year which is the figure some people are trying to justify to sign Chase to a 40 million per year extension, that 32 million would take up 12.5% of the cap this year.   Joe Burrow's cap hit this year is $29.7 million or 11.6% of the cap.  Signing Ja'Marr Chase to such a ridiculous contract would take up more of the cap space than Burrow this year.   And to add, I dont think the Bengals even have that much free cap space this year to begin with.

I wasn’t talking about salary cap. I was referring to ones income vs the business’ gross income.

We can afford chase and burrow and have a good team. If we can’t pay a QB and an All pro, we’re doing it wrong.