{The Ultimate Bengals Offseason Extravaganza Thread}

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(03-26-2025, 02:16 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I might be in the minority, but I wouldn't be opposed to contracts being forced to stick to AAV for cap hits and removing things like Void Years.
It would help keep things simpler and allow more parity across the league because teams like the Chiefs, Eagles, and Steelers couldn't manipulate the heck out of the cap like they do today.

I'm sure though doing that would be a lose-lose for both the teams and players themselves.

I would also be fine if they stripped most of the cap manipulation abilities away and made teams play it more straight. I don't think I would tie it to AAV though... but I wouldn't hate getting rid of void years, post-June-1 cuts, and then do something like tying restructuring base salary as a signing bonus to requiring adding at least 1 more fully guaranteed year worth no less than the franchise tag in base salary to do so so you can't just float future cap hits to un-guaranteed years.

Until they do that, though (aka almost certainly never), the Bengals need to learn how to play the cap game if they want to be real contenders for any stretch of time more than just a lucky blue moon year here or there.