03-01-2017, 07:28 PM
(03-01-2017, 07:18 PM)Joelist Wrote: The numbers are in a summary at the bottom of the page. What they show when viewed year over year is interesting.
Basically, between 2014-2016 the Bengals have had to carry some dead cap each year - it's averaged in the 4 mil range. Even accounting for that money which they cannot spend, they wound up around 10 million under the cap in 2014 and about 7 million under in each of the next two years. Now if you look at it without the rollover money, it is closer. In that case 2014 is about 2 million under, 2015 is about 800K over and 2016 is about 400K over.
So, if you don't regard rollover as "real" money the cap spending statements make sense. If you do regard them as real money then the Bengals are not spending up to their cap.
I'm going to ask you to do the same as I asked Fred. Total the league salary cap from 2012-2016, total the Bengals adjusted cap from 2012-2016, and total the Bengals total cap from 2012-2016.
Tell me what you notice about those three figures and tell me why you think there is a discrepancy.
