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(07-31-2025, 04:43 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Yeah, up to $19 mil worth. But if that was gonna happen, we should have done it earlier and signed a Tier 1 G or real DT pass rush or a safety upgrade. 

I am not sure Mike B. has the ability/willingness to increase the cash outlays by that much. 

IDK, maybe he could do a little? 

Is it possible maybe Bengals FO thinks you are wrong and who was the great tier 1 guard and DT to sign? 

They had a plan and sorry it is not your plan, but I am liking the Bengals plan. Are they done? Maybe? Will they kick the tires on Hernandez if he is healthy or Risner, they have the money right now and if they need more the could push the Trey bonus into 2026 and 2027.

So I disagree they should have pushed Burrow money back before they needed to do it. The thing about pushing it back, it impacts the cap in 2026 and 2027 and possibly 2028. It is not free money. The team still has to pay out cash for bonuses and salary. 

The narrative the FO some how saves money by the way they structure contracts is kind of baffling to me. They don't do it to save money, they do it because they don't like taking huge risks and ending up with dead cap money (money paid out for contracts of guys who get hurt or cut and no longer on the current year roster). Dead money is wasted cap space teams can use to upgrade. Bengals manage it very well. Other teams many want us to emulate do not.