Jim O - Expect Bengals to have about $15 mill for open FA market

[SunsetBengal]

(03-11-2018, 01:43 PM)TheUberHuber Wrote: I am assuming here, correct me if I am wrong, but the company you work for is not competing for a super bowl.

I am not saying Dunlap is bad or doesn't deserve a raise but he is already getting 7.3 million. How much more do you think we will pay him? Even if he did get 10 million that's o only 2.7 more than now.

Atkins is the only one who's next contract could break the bank... but, he is already getting 10 million.... in 2018.

People act like we need 20 million in 2108 to resign these guys for 2019 which is just flat out false.

True, I don't work for a Pro Football team, but the business that I work for must compete with other firms to gain contracts.  I work in the Surveying dept. of an engineering firm.  By being reliable and getting work done under budget, they reward me with a raise in pay, and a little more PTO each year.

As for what Dunlap and Atkins deserve, I believe there are market values that help to determine that number.  They are both in the upper tier of performers at their positions, so they deserve money representative of that status.