Roughly $4 billion

[*rfaulk34*]

(7 hours ago)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: And Joe Burrow and Orlando Brown alone got $250m guaranteed in 2023, and Chase and Hendrickson are about to get another ~$170m guaranteed this offseason. That's $420m in 3 years not counting anyone else that has been drafted or signed (our 3 1st round picks over the 3 years should be another ~$40m).

Even if the escrow is only guaranteed at signing money and not total guaranteed (I can't actually find out which it is) that's still ~$330m for the 4 (with the 3 1st round draft picks still being another $40m). That's not even getting into any OL or DL improvements we need to make.

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I already said they probably need to get out of the NFL. The guaranteed money is increasing faster and there's no point in having an NFL team if you can't hang with the other bigger billionaires. Also they ARE cheap, there's no reason we can't hire 8 more scouts to have an actual NFL caliber scouting department, or hire a GM.. that would be what, $3m total?

They only have to escrow the portion that is due that year. 

https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/cincinnati-bengals
https://overthecap.com/player/joe-burrow/8741

(Yesterday, 03:37 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: They also use a lot of void years and pay big guarantees.

2025 guarantees: teams w/big QB contract (and i'm not counting to the penny) and playoff hopes.


Eagles - approx. 163M
Miami - approx. 143M
Jags - approx. 143M
Chiefs - approx. 118M
Lions - approx. 113M
Bills - approx. 106M
LAC - approx. 94M
Ravens - approx. 81M
49ers - approx. 70M
Cards - approx. 68M
Bengals - approx. 64M
Rams - approx. 34M
Pack - approx. 27M