03-05-2025, 08:29 PM
(03-05-2025, 06:12 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: If you look at the Bengals 2026 cap number, its actually insane.
Based on projections, they are going to have around 220 million in cap space as it currently stands.
The only guys they are currently paying over 10 million a year are Burrow and Orlando Brown. Logan Wilson is the ONLY other positional player that is on his second contract.
They are literally paying no one and have no one else worth paying on the team other than Chase, Higgins, Hendrickson, and whatever other free agents they want to sign this year.
Lets say you sign Higgins, Chase, and Trey for around 100 million total...you STILL have around 100 million in cap room for 2026 and beyond. WILD.
And if the Bengals wanted to, they could create a lot more cap space with restructuring Burrow's contract. Cowbows restructured Dak Prescott's and added over 36 million more in cap space:
"The Cowboys have restructured Prescott's contract and created $36.6 million in cap space, a source told ESPN on Wednesday. The Cowboys converted $45.75 million of Prescott's base salary to a signing bonus, reducing his cap figure from $89.89 million to $53.29 million. In the past two days, the Cowboys have created $56.6 million in cap room by restructuring the contracts of Prescott and wide receiver CeeDee Lamb."
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/44123452/source-dak-deal-restructured-cowboys-not-promising-fa-moves
