My cut and add FA mock

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(02-20-2025, 04:53 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: Yeah, I get what you are saying, but it's not all that accurate.

Tee will end up around 4 years $120 million.  Not all guarantees are up front, just generally the signing bonus.  They can guarantee salary for 2 years or do something along the lines of that.

The guarantee is the basis for the cap. He would still have a contract for 4 years at 30 million a year, but cap dollars won't reflect 30 million in year one or 2. By the time it gets to year 3 a large portion of the guarantee will be spent. Thus in the year of the larger cap hits, Bengals could extend him or restructure or tey could cut him with little to no dead cap.

In essence, a player knows the guarantee is the contract. It is like a company offers a bonus after 2 years of employment, it is not salary, it is optional to be paid based on performance.

I think if we sign Chase to that huge contract, chance his year 1 cap hit goes down from the 21+ million he is set to earn (100% guaranteed) in 2025.

Take a look at JB's contract and cap hits and you will see how his cap hit was much lower than his average per year in years 1 and 2. In Tee's case, in year 3 and 4 my guess is they give him huge roster bonuses of 15 million in year 3 and 15 million in year 4. Most in year 3 not guaranteed and none of year 4 guaranteed.