09-02-2020, 12:40 PM
(09-02-2020, 12:33 PM)Whatever Wrote: The contract is structured so that the Bengals can get out after next year if they need to, but the big concern is the Brown family holding onto Joe past his sell by date for big money out of loyalty.
The problem is even if they choose to to get out after next seaon they'll have paid him 21 million dollars for 2 seaons of work.
His rookie contract would have paid him around 1.7 mil. The franchise tag amount for running backs in 2020 is currently set at 10.278 million. So by letting him play out his existing deal, and simple tagging him, it would have cost roughly 12 mil for the same two years.
Just food for thought, if somehow they do elect to opt out after 2021...
