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(10 hours ago)kevin Wrote: I'm going on what they have been paid, not what they might get paid. This is where I'm getting my figures. What they have been getting paid. Add it all up, and Bengals have 63 million going free agent as of today. No, this does not include a Blackburn tax, this is straight payroll. Has nothing to do with Blackburn. 63 million hitting free agency for Bengals as of today.
I used overthecap.com, which was just Bengal free agent salaries, it didn't include one thing about Blackburn. This is not hypothetical what they might get paid math. This is what they have been getting paid by Bengals up to now math. If none of the Free Agents gets kept, it adds up in the ballpark of 63 million dollars per this site that is not showing anything called a Blackburn tax, just straight up payroll.
It is a copy cat league. Chiefs have proved you can let go of a Hill, and keep winning Super Bowls. Chiefs kept Mahomes to Kelce and spent money on other areas of the team. Bengals could keep Burrow to Chase and do the same. I must point out the Bengals have failed to make the play-offs 2 seasons in a row with Chase and Higgins. The idea that the Bengals are unbeatable with them both just isn't true, the Bengals are getting beat with both of them. It's a copy cat league, be like the Chiefs, let him go like Hill, and put some money into the defense. The Chiefs are showing how to go Super Bowl every year, and they aren't doing by putting all their money into just Wide Receivers. They do not expect Mahomes to score 60 points a game, and neither should Bengals expect Burrow to score 60 points a game, so rebuild The Defense.
63 million could go a long way in signing Chase long term to team with Burrow long term, rebuild the Defense and maybe even resign Hendrickson for 2026 also. Chase and Hendrickson are very dominate, and it might be a good move to keep both of them in 2026.
PS : I had to go to internet to to to make some sense out of what some of you called a Blackburn Tax. I saw reports of Bengals and Stadium and city issues. None of that has anything to do with NFL Salary Cap. Front Office and Stadium expenses has nothing to do with NFL Player Team Salary Cap.
GO BENGALS
If we want to be like the Chiefs we have to draft better. Trent Mcduffie all pro ,stud since day one , George Karlaftus good pass rusher, Creed Humphrey one of the best centers in the league, Trey Smith 6th rd. Pick one of the best right guards in football, Isiah Pacheco 7th round starting running back , Rashee Rice looked like a stud WR 1 before the ACL and Worthy contributing as a rookie. Compare that too the guys we’ve drafted in that time period. They have a ton of guys to extend.
