{The Ultimate Bengals Offseason Extravaganza Thread}

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(03-12-2025, 05:22 PM)pulses Wrote: They probabably did that in case Slaton isn't doing any good or one of the young guys gets better they can cut him loose.

He may have. Spotrac and other sites do some speculation on how the team structured the contract. Take Gesicki for example. It was reported he got 12 million at signing. But to get 12 million, he would have to be given a huge bonus. It states. the base is 5.5 million and a bonus of 2.1 million. That is only 7.6 million, if report of 12 million is correct, likely more bonus money (which they can push cap hit portion to year 3 if they desire) and less base.

The contracts have not been fully vetted yet so many will be different once contract is filed and validated.

I would be very suprised if Gesicki has a 7.7 million cap hit in 2025 as it is listed right now. It could be same for Slaten. As we know Bengals FO is tight lipped and agents don't care how a team structures a contract and is not privvy to that inforation making it an educated guess of strcuture by these sites.