02-28-2017, 09:46 PM
(02-28-2017, 11:35 AM)muskiesfan Wrote: Lets say the $17 million figure for Eifert and Burfict is right. They wouldn't need to set the entire $17 million aside from this year's cap. Contracts will come off the books next year and the cap will rise again. The Bengals roll over money year to year so not to spend it. They keep more than damn near every team in the league for injury pool, but barely spend any of it. It's all ways for Mike Brown to stay as cheap as possible and pocket some extra money along the way.
They're taking away ~$30 million in cap space just because. $9 million for rookies, $1 million for practice squad, and the absurd $5 million for injuries and that would leave them almost $30 million in space to use this year. Instead, they're taking out an extra $15 million for no real reason.
Honestly, how is it that 31 teams seem to work with a different salary cap than the Bengals? We seem to be the only team that receives cap money that has to at least be cut by 50% out of the gate, then subtract additional monies for ????. Our owner and GM has no desire to spend money to win.
Sorry if this has already been explained but I am not going to read 8 pages of whining and crying to find out.
Mike Brown does not put unspent cap space into his pocket like some other owners. Instead he rolls it over.
Each of the last two years the bengals have spoent ABOVE the league salary cap. The were able to do this because of the money rolled over.
Bengals are not ebing cheap. The last two years they have been spending MORE than most other teams in the league on player salaries.
