05-23-2019, 09:10 AM
(05-21-2019, 07:01 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Even if they spend it, it is 1 year later. The Bengals are listed at ~$22.4m in cap space. If you only just throw that into a basic savings account rather than invest it and get more interest, it's still like 2.2%, which of $22.4m is still half a million dollars you get from delaying spending it a year, and I think we all know he is getting more than 2.2% on his money.
That said, the majority will eventually go to players thanks to the CBA that put a salary floor into effect.
Still, the Bengals are pretty much always towards the top in cap space every year....
2011: 9th
2012: 3rd
2013: 9th
2014: 6th
2015: 13th
2016: 21st
2017: 13th
2018: 11th
2019: 13th
AVERAGE: 10.8
Only one year lower than 13th in cap space in the Dalton era. Meanwhile here is the rankings of Super Bowl winners during those years:
2011: Giants 26th
2012: Ravens 29th
2013: Seahawks 18th
2014: Patriots 14th
2015: Broncos 18th
2016: Patriots 9th
2017: Eagles 24th
2018: Patriots 24th
AVERAGE: 20.3
Only twice in the Dalton era has the SB winning team been better than 18th in cap space remaining, and both of those were the Patriots, and good luck finding a HoF QB who's willing to take less money in order to recreate that scenario. Even then they are nearly averaging out to be 10 ranks lower.
The Bengals consistently have more cap space than the most successful teams in the league. Of course the key isn't just to spend that money, but also to spend it WISELY. (Looking at you, Uzomah, Hart, Miller, Brown, Kirkpatrick, Maualuga, M Johnson, V Rey, LaFell, etc.)
Cap space does not mean a lot because it does not tell you how much teams are actually spending.
For example in 2018 the Patriots had less cap space, but that was because they had a lower team cap than the Bengals.
Bengals cap was $180.3 million with $8.5 cap space.....$171.8 used
Patriots cap was $176.0 million with $4.3 cap space......$171.7 used
So while the amount spent was almost identical TheLeap would have you believe that the Pats spent a lot more because they were 24th in cap spacxe while the Bengals were 11th.
