NYE Mock

[Luvnit2]

The Bengals will never give Tee a 4-year contract for 100 million fully guaranteed. The key will be the structure. If they guarantee 65%, It will mean 65 million guaranteed.
They could give Tee a 40 million dollar signing bonus they can carry over 4 years or 10 million a year towards the cap each year.

Then they could do the following:

Base Salary year 1 - 8 million (fully guaranteed)
Base Salary year 2 - 11 million (fully guaranteed)
Base Salary year 3 - 15 million ((6 million guaranteed)
Base Salary Year 4 - 26 million - None guaranteed

Cap Hits - Year 1 = 18 million
Year 2 = 21 million
Year 3 = 25 million, only 6 million guaranteed
Year 4 = 36 million - no guarantee
This is just one example of how Bengals could spread his contract over 4 years.

Why would Bengals structure this way is obvious, they could keep a great player, limit cap hit and reduce risk of poor performance.

Tee would say yes due to getting 40 million dollars up front to invest and make money. He would be guaranteed regardless of injury 65 million dollars. He could take out insurance to protect himself from injury after year #2 (won't need in years 1 and 2 as it fully guaranteed). He gets to stay with one of the elite QB's and WR's in the NFL.

Those who say Tee getting 100 million over 4 years may be correct, but the cap hit does not need to be spread out evenly over 4 years.

Chase cap hit for 2025 i 21.6 million. Bengals could do something similar with Chase structure. They may be able to reduce the cap hit in 2025 and sign Chase to a 4 or 5 year contract.