Boling contract question...

[SunsetBengal]

(02-23-2018, 12:58 AM)TheUberHuber Wrote: I read the bengals have 36 million for 2018. Idk if this including rookie contracts or not.

If we dropped pacman, mj, and some how traded Dre k and used that pick for a new depth cb we would have
Plenty of money to sign everybody and pick up a blue chip ol in fa....

according to this article, after rookie signing pool, and other stuff, the Bengals are looking at around $18M to use for extensions and signing outside talent.

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2018/02/10/cincinnati-bengals-xtra-setting-table-bengals-free-agency/323385002/?from=new-cookie

Quote:e salary cap is expected to grow again by about $11 million and the salary tracking website overthcap.com has projected the Bengals’ cap space at $35.3 million, which is 13th most in the league. Included in that is the carryover of $10.6 million from last year.

The bulk of that carryover money is – as of today – already spent, however.
According to overthecap.com, the Bengals will likely need about $9.5 million to sign their 12 draft picks in April.

That is the sixth highest rookie pool allotment projected in 2018, trailing only Cleveland ($19), Denver ($11), the New York Giants ($10.6), New York Jets ($9.6) and Oakland ($9.5).
Unlike salary-tracking sites, which only account for the top 51 contracts, the Bengals count a full 53-man roster – so include another $1.1 million for Tony McRae and Alex Redmond. Teams typically set aside about another $1.1 million for the practice squad and the Bengals tend to allot around $5 million for in-season injury protections.  
All told, the club is likely going into free agency (or the summer extension season) with roughly $18 million to use.

According to sportrac, the Bengals could gain about 10.8M by releasing Michael Johnson and Adam Jones.

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/adam-pacman-jones-4983/