01-24-2020, 04:31 PM
(01-24-2020, 03:57 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I heard where there may not be any money "rolled over" to 2021 because there will be new rules under a new CBA (Collective Bargaining Agreement).
A lot of people here complain about the Bengals rolling over money every year, but the fact is that some teams did not roll it over every year like the Bengals. And some years the Bengals actually spent OVER the league salary cap because they had cap space to roll over. So I have never panicked about rolling over cap space. But now Mike is looking at a one-time "wipe the books clean" chance to pocket all that unused cap space.
And it just happens to happen the one year we are absolutely 100% in re-build mode. When Marvin first came in Mike loosened the purse strings and signed a few quality free agents. Not a lot of huge stars, but solid starters (John Thornton, Bobbie Williams, Reggie Kelly, Tory James, Nate Webster, Duane Clemmons, Kevin Hardy) instead of scrap heap signings.
Hope Mike decides to spend it all instead of taking the chance to never have to spend it.
I wonder if some of the recent interviews where they insinuate they may look for in FA than usual has anything to do with this. You even have Hobson leading the questions in that direction like a kid who knows a secret but can't say it out loud so he leads questioning to get someone else to say it.
I personally don't see owners giving up the rollover unless players will give up the tag but we will see.
