Why are the Bengals not clearing cap by restructuring deals?

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(03-14-2023, 02:09 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Imagine 7 straight years of your OL being a problem and your message going into Year 8 is "we like the guys we have" and you're just banking on internal improvement.

While the chiefs let an average OL go and signed a 25 yr old RT with huge upside to bolster their OL....and we didn't do shat

[Nepa]

Buffalo Bills latest to create cap space by restructuring contracts, in this case the contracts of Josh Allen and Von Miller. They were 19 million over, but created $32 million in cap space, allowing them to address their needs in free agency (which include safety).

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35854402/josh-allen-von-miller-deals-restructured-bills-create-32m-cap-space

[*Go Cards*]

(03-14-2023, 02:09 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Imagine 7 straight years of your OL being a problem and your message going into Year 8 is "we like the guys we have" and you're just banking on internal improvement.

Yep kind of Twilight Zone-ish

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(03-14-2023, 12:00 AM)Soonerpeace Wrote: I did butcher it again some. But the point sticks. You can’t compare KC’s 5 year run to Cincy’s 2 year run in essence. You can certainly look at why KC’s been successful in that 5 year window. They’ve foremost drafted well.  You can see why Cincy has been successful. We hit in FA ( defense for sure) and the draft (offense mostly) even if we had early picks. They’ve got their first real crisis…replacing the best safety tandem in the entire league. Hopefully day 2 will go better and provide more insight.

Don't get me wrong I am no KC fan by any stretch of the imagination. Just like their blueprint on what to do when owning a high priced QB over the teams that are selling out their future. Admittedly mostly because it is the way I would choose. So maybe I'm being biased with my opinion.

 

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(03-14-2023, 10:32 PM)Go Cards Wrote: Don't get me wrong I am no KC fan by any stretch of the imagination. Just like their blueprint on what to do when owning a high priced QB over the teams that are selling out their future. Admittedly mostly because it is the way I would choose. So maybe I'm being biased with my opinion.

 

Well it’s hard to argue with their blueprint. Certainly their OL play has played a huge impact as has ours the other way.