2-3 Million left in Cap Space?

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(03-10-2017, 10:30 AM)Okeana Wrote: per

http://www.bengals.com/news/article-1/Dre-plays-on-with-Bengals-Whats-next/a87a5caf-4f9d-4764-a06e-bc76b7801261

discussion

http://www.cincyjungle.com/2017/3/10/14877174/bengals-2-3-million-left-spend-free-agency



I can't understand how the front office is coming up with these numbers.  I'm not seeing the details on the Kirkpatrick deal yet, but even if we did eat 15 million in a cap hit for this year this still only accounts for 15 mil of 38-42 million of space they had.  I can understand if they want to allocate that money to Burfict and Eifert, but why not extend them now and eat as much cap this year so next year you can clear some of it off.

One thing the bengals really need to improve upon is learning when to move on from players to keep their stars.  Michael Johnson, Peko, Rey Mal all should be gone by this point.  Pacman is debatable, but I think its clear at this point we need that money and not an aging CB with off the field issues.

I was just wondering this myself. In years past, Hobson would spout of a list of reasons why the spending was what it was. This year, it's been pretty silent.
If it was for extensions, Hobson would probably have said it.
I'm really wondering if they don't have something planned to trade up to acquire extra early-round picks. Having a lot of early round picks would theoretically gobble up more of the cap space.
Or potentially the McCarron for Richardson trade rumor, which would eat up $7 million this year ($8 mill Richardson contract - $750k McCarron contract).