NFL Cap Carryovers Announced

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(02-27-2016, 11:52 AM)BengalChris Wrote: 1. No, no, no. No one is saying spend it on non-productive players.

Why wouldn't you spend it on productive players?

Can't the team tell by now that Hunt and Clarke are not a productive players and Marvin Jones is? I've never given Mike Brown much credit in the IQ department, but a blind man can see the difference in production that is this far apart.

2. Not true at all. We've spent the big bucks on AJ Green, Atkins, Dunlap and Dalton. They've worked out well.

Denver didn't get lucky with those two guys, they evaluate talent well.

Cleveland doesn't evaluate talent well. And every free agent big payday that failed was a mis-evaluation of that player's ability, attitude or fit with the team.

I think you've hit on the whole strategy, pay the top talent and try to sign the others to their fair market value.  The problem is guys like Jones and Sanu will want top talent money and may get that elsewhere because teams might be weaker at those position groups.  You make them generous offers within their tier range, Jones #2 money, Sanu #3 money.  If they don't sign it doesn't mean the Bengals are cheap, rather other teams value the player more than the league standard for that talent.  

Andrew Hawkins is a perfect example.  The Browns paid him more than the Bengals were willing to pay for his talent range.  It didn't make the Browns more successful by doing so.  It could be argued that it strapped them more, making it more difficult to retain their better talent, like TJ Ward, ect.  It's a cycle and somewhat simple formula, if you do it right (and not overpay) you will generally be better with the dollars every year.