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(04-30-2020, 07:52 PM)BengalChris Wrote: That's how I see it.

Well, except for pondering the future of John Ross. The team should not even consider exercising his 5th option, which would give him $18M next season. For his production his rookie contract way over paid him.

 

Well, if you are going to value the four year contact based on the first three years, I guess you could say he has been overpaid.  But 4 years and $17 million is still pretty cheap.  That number for the fifth year is absurdly high, though, and makes is all but impossible for the Bengals to commit to Ross on that fifth year.  Oddly, teams have to decide whether to pick up the fifth year option on their first round picks by May 30th after the THIRD year on the contract.  

So, essentially, the Bengals will be paying Ross about $5.5 million to play in 2020 and then he will be a UFA.  My hope is he produces and the team sees value in him (no one else on this team can take the top off like him) and offer him a new contract next year.  It wouldn't be anywhere close to the deal of Green, but I would much rather have a burner like Ross playing outside for the price of what Dillon would likely need ($8-9 million per year).  That would likely only be feasible if Ross stays healthy all year and produces well in 2020.

The reality of the situation is he will likely be like a Ted Ginn, Jr.  He will bounce around the league from team to team and produce here and there but the Dolphins never really got first round value out of him.