04-03-2020, 06:34 PM
(04-03-2020, 05:42 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Why? If he flops, you're out a ton of money before you can pull the plug. Meanwhile even if he's as great as advertised, you have used up more of your cap space so now you can't maximize your cap space NOW to add more good players.
The best teams find ways to create MORE cap space for each year, not find ways to make less. Worry about potential cap issues 3 years from now, 3 years from now.
We don't even know what the actual cap number will be yet. The Waynes deal, for example, counts as a 20m cash payout in year one, but only has a cap hit of 10m. Plus, the Bengals were competing with the Broncos for Reader, and the big up front money was probably a major factor in Reader's decision.
