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[BenZoo2]

(02-05-2025, 09:40 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: ....and the Eagles are only making that work because they are both drafting amazingly and they are kicking all of their cap hits down the road with void years. In 2027 they already have $228m in cap spending. In fact they lead the entire NFL in cap spending for '27, '28, '29, and '30. 

They have $189m in cap allocations for 2028 with just 6 players under contract.
They have $199m in cap allocations for 2029 with just 1 player under contract.

And again, it's only working now because they are drafting amazingly. Also for every Eagles there's a Dolphins, and Browns, and Jaguars, etc.... and possibly the 49ers? (The 49ers, who missed the playoffs, have $223m in cap allocations for 2027 and HAVEN'T paid a QB).

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The Eagles GM can ignore their future because the GM is not winning a SB away from being fired and if he fails to win a SB, he won't have to live with the results because he will be fired.

The Bengals have to live with what they do to the future because they're not firing family. Now the Bengals can certainly afford to push a bit MORE into the future as they're well below average on future cap allocations (which is probably a pretty big result of all the bad drafts) but you really shouldn't use the Eagles as a blueprint to try to emulate as you will fail and then your team will collapse in the future.

Teams in this situation seem to get bailed out by the ever increasing salary cap.  Or restructuring older players to convert to salary or bonus before cutting them.  The saints are always kicking the can down the road and until recently seemed to finally have to ge5 rid of guys.