02-28-2017, 01:59 PM
(02-28-2017, 01:50 PM)muskiesfan Wrote: The Bengals will probably spend more than $15 million this year. I agree with that. How $42 million drops to $15 million is absurd though.
The team has $42.4 million in cap space. They said they are not spending the rollover from last year. $44.2m - $6.5m = $35.9m.
Rookie pool is reported at $9.1m, practice squad is ~$1m, and our ridiculous injury pool of $5m. $35.9m - $15.1m = $20.8m
So my guess is the Bengals plan on rolling over another $5m to next year which would put them in the $11-12m in total rollover to next season.
That brings them down to their $15m for free agency. I can make it work with the math. I'm simply saying they could spend the extra $5.8 this year instead of adding it to the rollover. They could also lower their injury money by a couple of million and then they're sitting in the $22-25m range.
It also needs to be remembered that not all of those rookies will make the team, and each one who does will take the place of a veteran player whose salary will drop off.
