What’s with all the 3 year deals?

[Yojimbo]

Is that when the CBA expires? Is that the amount of time Taylor is being given to prove himself?

[NKURyan]

I think the CBA expires after the 2020 season?

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(03-15-2019, 02:27 PM)NKURyan Wrote: I think the CBA expires after the 2020 season?

2021

[Yojimbo]

(03-15-2019, 02:28 PM)WychesWarrior Wrote: 2021

Looks like that might be the reason then, thanks.

[McC]

(03-15-2019, 02:23 PM)Yojimbo Wrote: Is that when the CBA expires? Is that the amount of time Taylor is being given to prove himself?

Aren't they being set up as three year deals that can be walked away from after a year or two with limited repercussions?

[XenoMorph]

(03-15-2019, 02:47 PM)McC Wrote: Aren't they being set up as three year deals that can be walked away from after a year or two with limited repercussions?

if they are set up like harts then yes haven't seen the details on the others yet.  

Basically a 1 year deal with 2 years of options (when looking a a dead money standpoint)

[*pally*]

It probably has to do with the number of important free agents we will have in 2020. Just spreading things out a bit. The way the contracts are built there is a minimal impact if they get cut after this upcoming season

[NKURyan]

(03-15-2019, 02:28 PM)Wyche Wrote: 2021

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/25/the-cba-in-a-nutshell/


So just to clarify, after the 2020 season, which would be in July of 2021, right? So there are two seasons between now and then?


Not being confrontational, just curious.

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(03-15-2019, 03:17 PM)NKURyan Wrote: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/25/the-cba-in-a-nutshell/


So just to clarify, after the 2020 season, which would be in July of 2021, right? So there are two seasons between now and then?


Not being confrontational, just curious.

Yes.  When the new league year starts in 2021, the CBA will be expired.  So I guess 2020, and 2021 are right?

[NATI BENGALS]

We have 1 player remaining (Uzi) from the 17 players we picked in the 2014 and 2015 drafts. I think it is an effort to reinforce the part of the roster that is totally missing from those years with younger guys in their mid 20s with a good amount of NFL experience. Generally from those 17 drafted there would be more than one that was extended.

[PikesPeakUC]

(03-15-2019, 03:39 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: We have 1 player remaining (Uzi) from the 17 players we picked in the 2014 and 2015 drafts. I think it is an effort to reinforce the part of the roster that is totally missing from those years with younger guys in their mid 20s with a good amount of NFL experience. Generally from those 17 drafted there would be more than one that was extended.

Man, that is depressing. 

[BengalChris]

(03-15-2019, 03:08 PM)pally Wrote: It probably has to do with the number of important free agents we will have in 2020.  Just spreading things out a bit.  The way the contracts are built there is a minimal impact if they get cut after this upcoming season

So, they are pretty much guaranteed a roster spot for this season then. Keyword being after.

[*ochocincos*]

I would bet it's the leeway Zac Taylor is getting to turn this team into a winner again.

[*ochocincos*]

(03-15-2019, 03:39 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: We have 1 player remaining (Uzi) from the 17 players we picked in the 2014 and 2015 drafts. I think it is an effort to reinforce the part of the roster that is totally missing from those years with younger guys in their mid 20s with a good amount of NFL experience. Generally from those 17 drafted there would be more than one that was extended.

This right here is what sank the Bengals. The 2014 and 2015 drafts were supposed to have key replacements/upgrades, but they really didn't have any.

2016 draft was pretty good. WJ3, Boyd, Vigil, Billings were solid starters last year.  Westerman has played well every opportunity he's seen. Fej has been solid in a backup/ST role. Core has been good on ST, but that's about it. Overall, it's a been a far more productive class than 2014 or 2015.

[Benton]

It's the year Marvin returns.

[fredtoast]

(03-15-2019, 03:39 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: We have 1 player remaining (Uzi) from the 17 players we picked in the 2014 and 2015 drafts.

(03-15-2019, 04:55 PM)ochocincos Wrote: This right here is what sank the Bengals.

Exactly.

When you depend on the draft like the Bengals then back to back drafts like that can sink a team.

[*Synric*]

(03-15-2019, 05:32 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Exactly.

When you depend on the draft like the Bengals then back to back drafts like that can sink a team.

Not to mention 3 bad coordinators hires (Zampese, Austin, Lazor).

[*pally*]

Interesting stats from Peter King's current column

The Contracts Are Phony

Some insightful work done by Jason Fitzgerald at Over The Cap. I asked him for the total number of contracts of three years or longer in the last few free-agency periods. Let’s isolate on 2015 and 2016. Of the 197 lengthy (three years or more) free-agent contracts signed in those two years, 121 of the players never made it to the third years of their deals. That’s 61.4 percent of big free-agents, gone after one or two years. The clear majority of free-agent contracts beyond two years: window-dressing.