03-02-2020, 10:33 AM
(02-29-2020, 01:24 PM)muskiesfan Wrote: If a team is only trying to acquire Dalton as a back up, then his contract is too big. If a team is looking to acquire him as their starter, he's pretty damn cheap.
Whether an option or not, there's no way the Bengals should offer to pay part of his contract to trade him. They can release him and it costs them absolutely nothing. So throwing in money to trade him would be a pretty dumb decision. Why lose any money when there's an option that would cost you zero money? I simply don't understand the that sort of thought process.
Additionally, if a team were willing to trade for Dalton but didn't want to pay him his cheap starting money there are other options. They could allow that team a window to try and work a deal with Dalton instead of just unnecessarily giving away money.
I understand that a lot of people cannot wait for Dalton to get out of town, but there's no reason to do dumb shit to make it happen.
That's a terrible take. If you can pay someone a few extra million to give you a second round pick instead of a 4th round pick for Dalton then the Bengals should jump at it.
Let's say the Bengals use that second round pick on a guard. With a second round guard you'd expect them to be a year one starter and to develop into an above average player. Under the NFL rookie wage scale you'd pay around $1.5m-$2m a year for four years with around $3.5m guaranteed.
To sign an equivalent player in free agency would cost, what, $7m-$8m a year with around $13.5m guaranteed?
That's conservatively a $5m a year saving over 4 years.
How much is $5m a year worth for 4 years?
(03-02-2020, 07:53 AM)Catmandude123 Wrote: $45 million should be plenty to sign existing and new FAs. Billings 700k salary, Vigils 600K, and Mixon 1.2 mil are under contract for 2020. None are players you pawn the season for because you are afraid to lose them. Eifert( 4mil) and Dennard(7.5 mil) should be happy to re-sign at little or no increase in salary. Re-signing players who fought their way to 2-14 should not be a top priority.
Mixon is under contract but Billings and Vigil are free agents.
