Anyone notice whit's poor play yesterday

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(09-19-2017, 05:39 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: Is $6 million a lot of dead money?  If they pro rate it they wouldn't be able to sign a player of Andre Smith's caliber two years running. Wow, imagine this team with Andre Smith's replacement next season.

$6 mil is a lot of dead money.  Guys like Minter, Bolling, and LaFell all make less than $6 mil a year.  The Rams have the 16th most dead money with $5.71 mil this year.  A $6 mil cap hit alone would be more than half the teams in the league, and a quarter of the league has under $3 mil in dead money.  $6 mil on one contract is a lot of dead money.  The median salary for a starting G is $3 mil a year.  Just because Andre Smith is overpaid for a guy who couldn't win a starting job doesn't mean $3 mil is a trivial amount of cap space.  You can find plenty of solid contributors making that much or less.  Plus, that $3 mil can be the difference between keeping/signing a player or losing them.

Seriously, your logic is basically akin to buying a car worth $15k for $20k, then saying it's a great deal because you got a lower monthly payment by stretching out the financing an extra year.  I really hope some people on here don't manage their own finances the same way they think the Bengals should manage theirs.