Congratulation Bates

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(01-08-2021, 03:16 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Price is pretty lucky because there's no cap savings unless he's traded. On the flip side, BJ Finney is going to be about the same cap hit but no dead money if team chooses to cut him.
Given Hopkins's recovery, I think the Bengals could choose to keep both Price and Finney until Hopkins is back, and then cut Finney at that point.
The Bengals might also choose to draft a C, although I'd assume it'd be a Day 3 pick given their needs at other positions.

Rather than keep both Price and Finney until Hopkins is back....

Price: $3.7m 2021 cap hit, $2.1m cap savings if cut
Finney: $3.5m 2021 cap hit, $3.5m cap savings if cut
Hopkins: $6.6m 2021 cap hit, $4.3m cap savings if cut

Why pay 2 bad players and 1 medicore-at-best player $13.8m to play 1 position when you can instead save $9.9m by cutting them and then just pay that (plus a small amount more) to 1 REALLY good player to play that position?

Top-5 C money is only $11-12m/yr, so that $9.9m cap savings almost covers the entire cost of a Top-5 C contract.

Cut all three, throw $12m/yr at Corey Linsley, and be much much better off for only $2.1m more.

(01-08-2021, 03:19 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: 2nd my ass. 

Minkah Fitzpatrick is a joke of a selection (pittsburgh *spit*) and the honey badger isn't more deserving. 

Harrison Smith and Chuck Clark are more deserving than them and Bates should be first team. Budda Baker was a good choice.

Fitzpatrick and Mathieu have the benefit of both being on playoff teams and both on Top-10 defenses. It helps, even though it probably shouldn't for this award.




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Forgot to say, congrats to Bates. It was nice to see him transform into a great player for the Bengals. Always good to have a bright spot to enjoy. Here's to hoping they sign him next offseason to a long term contract so he can be in stripes for awhile.