03-24-2020, 12:28 PM
(03-23-2020, 04:32 PM)Synric Wrote: The Bengals are at 19.6 without Reader and Alexander contracts. We know Alexander will be 4m being a 1 year drops it to 15.6... that means DJ Readers cap hit has to be less than 4mil for the rookie pool.
The Bengals HAVE to create cap space with either Dre or Andy's contracts. Andy is the most obvious choice.
The updated numbers I saw had the draft pool in and us at 16 which means we need to find 4. We could restructure Daltons deal and add a year next year converting some of his salary to signing bonus but essentially give him an opt out so it’s still basically the same contract but he gives us cap flexibility to keep him on the roster until we find him a home. The reality is there isn’t a starting job out there for him so staying here until one comes up would make sense for him as it’s guaranteed money versus possibly none if a job never opens.
Side note, not saying this is ideal but if Brown wants to pay a backup 17 million let him it’s not out money and if it doesn’t preclude us from filling our roster then there are worse things we can have than a good back up.
