Cap Tracker

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

(03-12-2025, 11:49 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/cap/_/year/2025

As of March 12 Spotrac is showing us with almost 36 million in cap space with Sample, Hill and Ossai contracts yet to post. Sample should be close to the 1.1 minimum coming off of an injury so very little impact as he will remove a $900K player. Not sure how team some of these contracts so we may have more than the Spotrac or less.

The key is we don't need cap space money to sign chase or Higgins long term, in fact we gain cap space. Bengals are well under the cap and not limited to sign multiple players to good contracts if they desire.

We are over 51, so the Sample hit should be negligible, he is just displacing someone counting $960k. Ossai should be $7 mil, it is a 1 year deal. Down to $27 mil.  Hill should be in the $8-$10 range, but that is just a guess. $17-$19. 

The cost of the PS is pretty much what we'll save from cutting Moss. So that is a wash. 

If you count the full 53 i stead of $51, it will be $2 mil more. So, $15-$17 practically. 

[Luvnit2]

(03-13-2025, 12:09 AM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: We are over 51, so the Sample hit should be negligible, he is just displacing someone counting $960k. Ossai should be $7 mil, it is a 1 year deal. Down to $27 mil.  Hill should be in the $8-$10 range, but that is just a guess. $17-$19. 

The cost of the PS is pretty much what we'll save from cutting Moss. So that is a wash. 

If you count the full 53 i stead of $51, it will be $2 mil more. So, $15-$17 practically. 

There is just funky numbers posted I don't trust. The Gesicki contract seems like too high a cap hit for 2025 if reporting of him getting 12 milion at signing is correct. I hink it may be 3 million high, but will have to wait and see. I know Ossai is a one year deal for 7 million, but they can add voidable years and take it down to a cap hit of 3 or 4 million in 2025.

It will interesting to see if Bengals FO starts using voidable years more. I believe JB is the only player with voidable years, he has 3 of them.

[Luvnit2]

Update March 20

Hill's cap hit is on the site.The new contracts for Tee and Chase are not on yet. But, it is expected Bengal will gain in cap space as Tee hit for 2025 is showing 26+ million and Chase almost 22 million.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cap/_/year/2025

We have 22.4million
Practice squad - 3.5 million
Injury Pool - 5 million

So we have close to 14 million

Burrow could restructure and Tee and Jamar should give us mor cap dollars in 2025.