Bengals looking at Hendrickson extension

[Joelist]

The real question (as usual) is how much cash do they have on hand after paying all the bills versus what they need to do with it (pay signing bonuses / escrow guarantee monies not covered under signing bonuses). That number dictates what they can do with contracts - remember the team is not run as a write-off by a mega-rich sugar daddy who can take care of these things for them. That's why the Chase deal fell through over Guaranteed money - they agreed on everything else. It's also why Burrow's deal was structured like it was (thankfully he was cool with it) with pieces of the Guarantee coming online in different years.