I Would Not Look for Big Money LONG Term Deals in FA

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(01-11-2021, 03:28 PM)Au165 Wrote: Don't look for big money deals for pretty much anyone, which in a way resets what is "big money" this free agency period. The cap is rumored to be declining by $20 million next year. As of right now, only 20 teams even project to not be negative at this point. Obviously, cuts will be made and deals will be signed for everyone to get positive, but this off-season will be unlike any other the NFL has seen in decades. I would say you should look for a lot of 1 year deas as players bet on the cap shooting back up next year and having a more lucrative landscape.

The Bengals are actually in a really good situation with that understanding as guys can take a 1 year flyer here and see where it goes as money may be limited in FA as a whole.

I think there will mainly be two types of deals struck this off-season.  The top FA's will likely get long term deals because that gives teams more opportunity to drop that first year cap number with higher signing bonuses and lower 1st year salary.  Most of the rest will be on one year deals rather than committing to long term contracts at below market value.