Trey Hendrickson Update

[Luvnit2]

(5 hours ago)rfaulk34 Wrote: Their total cash due for 2025 ranks 23rd in the NFL. Not to hard to figure guarantees are low as well. But let's see what we can find...

Of the top 300 players in the NFL, with the highest guarantees, the Bengals have:
1. Burrow - (#4) $219M
2. Chase - (#17) $112M
3. Higgins - (#110) $41M
4. Brown - (#169) $31M
Four players - $403M total with Burrow being more than half of that total. 

By contrast:
The Eagles have 11 players in the top 300 for a total of $589M.
The Chiefs have 9 players in the top 300 for a total of $502M. 
The Bills have 11 players in the top 300 for a total of $551M. 
The Ravens have 8 players in the top 300 for a total of $514M.

That's just a few teams that consider themselves SB contenders. 

What about a team like Detroit?
The Lions have 10 players in the top 300 for a total of $558M.

Miami?
The Dolphins have 7 players in the top 300 for a total of $412M

So, we've seen how the richie rich's live. What about the lowlifes that have no shot?

The NYG have 13 players in the top 300 for a total of $492M.

The lowest of the low...
The Titans have 9 players in the top 300 for a total of $393M. 

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/rankings/player/_/year/2025/sort/contract_guaranteed

Pretty easy to reason that if the Bengals are so low in cash and this list shows they're low compared to a small sample size of teams...they're probably near the bottom in total guaranteed money, i.e., CHEAP. 

Why did you only post 4 Bengals and then go for 7 to 13 for other teams. I get where you are going, but I dont agree to discount how we give a lot to Burrow and that is a bad thing.

4 players = 400+ million for Bengals

Then the next 6 guys average around 12 million (and Trey is excluded and he was over 40 million when he signed in 2023 the extension) so minimum of 475 million in our top 10 as well which puts us close or above others you mentioned.

 I just don't see we are much lower in guarantees when all of them are counted like was said earlier by another poster that we were the worst. Not even close to being the worst.

I would argue some teams you listed are very poor managing money as well like the Dolphins who zilch to show for that huge spend in guarantees. Simply, it is one piece of the puzzle. I believe in effeciency. One issue we have is our drafts have been poor, this has caused us effeciency in every way.