Bengals looking at Hendrickson extension

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(01-29-2025, 03:22 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: I don’t think I’ve been this pessimistic in a long time as 5-6 year fan. Putting off signing Chase,Trey,and maybe Tee is depressing.I’m worried about the cap and signing everyone plus money availability in FA

Maybe you should dive into another team's cap situation. Ravens have had issues but still won our division. Saints are a lesson on how not to manage the cap.

Our cap situation is an opportunity. Our FO has not used create cap spending (deferring cap in later years), so it is something they have at their disposal to use more of this method than. they did in the past.

Bengals have been too loyal to a fault honoring contracts for players who vastly underperformed those contracts. I see 5 players who deserve based on contribution and performance who need to be cut and replaced.
Rankins
Hubbard
Cappa
Moss
Stone

I am a performance-based guy. Pay those like Trey who earned it, remove those who have not.

One more plus, the FO's great job of creating contracts will come into play if they decide to cut people as dead money will be low. On the other hand, a team like the Browns face major cap hit for 2 years of dead money if they choose to cut Watson.

Many complain the Bengals should have signed some of our guys earlier to longer term contracts. While true, it it not a mistake that can't be overcome.