Franchise tag or Transition Tag?

[jfkbengals]

(02-13-2021, 12:11 AM)schroomytunes Wrote: Ok it's clear to me and the NFL that we have 2 guys that we can actually justify using this on this year. FT we get 2 first round picks, whereas TT we get first dibs to match, or get nothing.

1) Carl Lawson
2) William Jackson

DE:
FT-17,775.000
TT- 14,811.000

CB:
FT- 15,266.000
TT-13,202.000

-Although hardly used I could see the Bengals actually using the TT on Carl Lawson this year, forcing another team to outbid them during a tight salary cap year, and it allows them to address it in the draft and in FA. I think if they play their cards right they can do some damage in FA, by grabbing some salary cap cuts, which are already happening. ( Watt, Easton) Easton wouldn't be a bad guy to have!

Cuts:
1) Geno Atkins 9.6
2) Bobby Hart- 5.9
3) BJ Finney-3.25
4) Ryan Finley-1.0
5) M.Jordan .975

total=@20.5 million to be added to roughly 25 of availible cap space= 46 million.

Pretty sure I saw the transition cost for a DE is north of 16 million...