03-23-2025, 11:47 AM
If the Bengals had the league average Year-1 cap hits for Tee Higgins, Ja'Marr Chase, BJ Hill and TJ Slaton instead of what they did, they would currently have an EXTRA $28.8M in cap space for 2025.
"Who would they spend that on?"
This is easier to answer if we assume they get 3/4 of these deals done earlier and go into Free Agency with the aggressiveness many of us would like.
What could they have done with another $28M in cap space at the start of free agency? LOTS.
So instead, they'll go into 2026 free agency with $86M in cap space and NOBODY worth extending on the roster.
That number jumps up to a projected $140M in cap space in 2027.
This roster is extremely thin because of the way they've drafted and structured contracts.
Everyone is saying it, but this upcoming draft is CRITICAL to their future success
This is from goodberry it wouldn't let me copy the post. But this is what is so troubling to me. If the Bengals had just done league average 1st year cap hits they would have an extra 28mil in cap space. I'm not saying go from 0 to 1000 or sign one of those expensive guards or Milton Williams. Just do the average in a attempt to maximize your talent.
"Who would they spend that on?"
This is easier to answer if we assume they get 3/4 of these deals done earlier and go into Free Agency with the aggressiveness many of us would like.
What could they have done with another $28M in cap space at the start of free agency? LOTS.
So instead, they'll go into 2026 free agency with $86M in cap space and NOBODY worth extending on the roster.
That number jumps up to a projected $140M in cap space in 2027.
This roster is extremely thin because of the way they've drafted and structured contracts.
Everyone is saying it, but this upcoming draft is CRITICAL to their future success
This is from goodberry it wouldn't let me copy the post. But this is what is so troubling to me. If the Bengals had just done league average 1st year cap hits they would have an extra 28mil in cap space. I'm not saying go from 0 to 1000 or sign one of those expensive guards or Milton Williams. Just do the average in a attempt to maximize your talent.
