Great Breakdown of Tee Higgins deal

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(03-23-2025, 10:51 AM)Synric Wrote: Bengals could have structured Chase and Tee without adding large dead cap and fit and extra 15m ish under the cap in 2025.


The Bengals structure the way they do to meet the "must spend 90%(?) of the cap in a 3 year span" NFL Rule without dropping large lump sums like most teams do.

Bengals spent 2% less in 2021 to 2023 than the league average. To say Bengals have not spent money is not accurate. There are 11 teams worse and they have spent a lot of cash in 2025 so they may rise on the list of cash spent from 2023 to 2025 when we see new calculations.

Yes, they could have structured the contracts of Tee and Chase to gain more cap space in 2025, but it appears they are looking at 2026 as well.

They still have 12 to 15 million to spend (includes draft and all players currentlly siged and also practice squad) so let's see if they spend it on additional FA's or roll it over for 2026. I think they will sgn at least one more vet guard at a minimum. I am not sure the FO sees Edge, Safety or DT as an area they need to address prior to the draft, but we will see when roster is set prior to TC in July.