Geno Stone takes pay cut

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(Yesterday, 12:32 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: They also structured the deals poorly. Chase/Higgins ended up eating extra cap because of the way tgey structured the bonuses, while still costing them the same amount of money. 

Over $10 mil in space. Again, this is $$ we paid out anyway. 

https://athlonsports.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/cap-expert-reveals-cincinnati-bengals-two-key-mistakes-recent-extensions-jamarr-chase-tee-higgins

I have a hard time believing any FO could be so stupid. The "mistake" did not save them any money directly, but since they now have less cap space, they cannot reinvest that $11 mil back into the team. 

They then can pocket that $$$ and plead no cap space & get guys to take cuts (Moss, Stone). 

If the mistake is genuine, they are incompetent. If it isn't, they'd rather pocket the $$ than try to win a SB.

Pick one.

They structure deals like this so that they can say they spent up to the cap. They don't have the cash on hand to really spend so this is how they can claim they spend up tot he cap every year even if they can structure differently to sign more players. They don't have the cash on hand to sign more players, and this gives them their "out" (excuse).