Are the bengals really that cheap?

[fredtoast]

(03-04-2016, 12:55 PM)fredtoast Wrote:  At this time last year they would have only had two years worth of "cash spent" info, but according to this article 11 teams had spent below the 89% league mandated minimum and the bengals were not among those teams.

So here is a source that shows the Bengals spent the 12th most on payroll in 2015.  

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cash/2015/

So if these two different sources are using the same number it is clear that the Bengals have not been among the cheapest teams in the league for at least the last three years.